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COA imposes fines on pork from S Korea

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 05:42 Taipei Times

Passengers go through a baggage checkpoint at Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) yesterday as a precaution against the spread of African swine fever.
Photo: Chien Hui-ju, Taipei Times

With South Korea confirming an outbreak of African swine fever, the Council of Agriculture (COA) yesterday said that travelers caught bringing in pork products from that country would be fined a minimum of NT$200,000 (US$6,444).

Global health group ousts PRC, elevates Taiwanese

Saturday, 14 September 2019 05:35 Taipei Times

International Medical Informatics Association president-elect Jack Li, who is also dean of Taipei Medical University’s College of Medical Science and Technology, delivers a speech in an undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of Li Yu-chuan via CNA

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) last month expelled the China Medical Informatics Association (CMIA) and named Taiwanese representative Jack Li (李友專) as its next president.

Academic held in China for 420 days

Saturday, 14 September 2019 05:30 Taipei Times

The Straits Exchange Foundation offices are pictured in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chung Li-hua, Taipei Times

A veteran supporter of cross-strait exchanges has been arbitrarily detained in China for 420 days, sources told the Liberty Times (the sister newspaper of the Taipei Times) yesterday.

Rights advocates call for probe on electronic IDs

Wednesday, 11 September 2019 04:51 Taipei Times

Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Chiu E-ling, center, and social activists hold a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday to urge the Control Yuan to investigate a government plan to issue electronic ID cards.
Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times

The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) and the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) yesterday called on the Control Yuan to investigate a government plan to start issuing national electronic identification cards (eID) next year, saying they constitute invasion of privacy.

Hundreds join NYC march for Taiwan

Monday, 09 September 2019 05:02 Taipei Times

Taiwanese expatriates and others march in New York City on Saturday during the annual UN For Taiwan/Keep Taiwan Free rally.
Photo: CNA

Hundreds of Taiwanese expatriates and others marched in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Saturday to call attention to Taiwan’s exclusion from the UN and Beijing’s efforts to further shrink the nation’s space in the international community.

Hong Kong demonstrators gather in renewed rallies

Saturday, 07 September 2019 05:53 Taipei Times

Protesters erect Lady Liberty Hong Kong — a statute depicting a schoolchild wearing a gas mask and carrying an umbrella — at a rally against “White Terror” at Chater Garden in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) yesterday said that measures announced this week to help restore order in the Chinese-ruled territory were a first step as thousands gathered outside a subway station in renewed protest after months of sometimes-violent unrest.

Lam formally rescinds extradition bill

Thursday, 05 September 2019 05:23 Taipei Times

A man at a home electronics store in Hong Kong yesterday watches Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announce the withdrawal of an extradition bill.
Photo: AP

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) yesterday said that her government would formally withdraw an extradition bill that has ignited months of protests.

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