Kaohsiung, Aug. 1 (CNA) About 12,000 people displaced by a series of gas explosions in Kaohsiung Thursday night are being sheltered at 10 emergency centers at local schools, the city government said Friday. At the largest shelter -- Kuang-Hua Primary ...

Taipei, July 29 (CNA) Beijing could put Zhou Yongkang, a former standing committee member of Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on public trial for corruption but will not give him the death penalty, Taiwanese China expert Lin Chong-pin said ...

Taipei, July 24 (CNA) More information was emerging Thursday about the victims of the TransAsia Airways plane crash a day earlier that claimed the lives of 48 people. The Ministry of Culture's Bureau of Cultural Heritage confirmed Thursday that 82-year-old ...

Taipei, April 23 (CNA) HTC Corp. on Wednesday denied a report that the Taiwanese smartphone maker is considering buying rival Nokia Oyj's factory in Chennai to give it better and faster access to the Indian market. In a story published Monday, the ...

Taipei, April 21 (CNA) People planning to travel to the Middle East should pay attention to their personal hygiene, as the season for an often-fatal disease has begun there, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said. Cases of Middle East Respiratory ...

Taipei, March 26 (CNA) Even as HTC Corp. struggles to catch up with smartphone leaders Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc., the Taiwanese phone vendor's CEO said Tuesday that it is holding out hopes of gaining 8-10 percent of the market "in the ...

Taipei, March 26 (CNA) Even as HTC Corp. struggles to catch up with smartphone leaders Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc., the Taiwanese phone vendor's CEO said Tuesday that it is holding out hopes of gaining 8-10 percent of the market "in the ...

A demonstration in Taiwan over the trade-in-services agreement signed with China took a dramatic twist Tuesday after a group of protesters comprising mostly students stormed through police lines and occupied the Legislative Yuan. As the standoff continues ...

Taipei, March 13 (CNA) Taiwan's representative office in Manila will hand over more donations by Taiwanese individuals and businesses to the Philippines for relief and reconstruction in the wake of last year's Super Typhoon Haiyan, officials said Thursday.