Asia Taiwan The ‘Book & Host Project for Migrants’ learning kit, a package of educational materials designed for the migrant community by NPO One-Forty, emerged as one of the 20 Gold Award winners at the Japanese Good Design Award 2021
Asia Taiwan The Penghu Water Recreation Activities Association is offering a bounty of NT$300 (US$10) for each crown-of-thorns starfish caught in local waters: feeding on coral polyps, the living tissue of coral reefs, the are killing off large tracts of reefs
Asia Taiwan Taiwan’s National Fire Agency, founded on 1 March 1995, celebrated the 30 year anniversary of its founding with the opening of the upgraded NFA Training Center in Nantou County, expected to enhance the country's disaster response preparedness
Asia Taiwan In order to raise awareness ahead on the defense work of the Taiwan Coast Guard, over 70 cosplayers, dancers and photographers boarded the Yunlin frigate at Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 to promote National Oceans Day, observed since 2019, coinciding with WOD 8 June
Asia Taiwan Foreign caregivers, organised in a union, protested outside the Ministry of Labor in Taipei calling on the government to remove the 12 years limit a migrant worker can remain in Taiwan and to abolish the compulsory use of intermediaries, or brokers