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Curriculum Protests: Groups demand release of students


Protesters allegedly trying to break into the Ministry of Education building clash with police in Taipei early yesterday morning.
Photo: CNA

High-school student protesters and civic groups yesterday rallied outside the Ministry of Education building in Taipei, demanding the release of students arrested in the early hours of the morning after breaking into the complex.

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Protesters storm out of ministry forum


Students from Tainan National First High School yesterday unfurl banners during a meeting held by the Ministry of Education to discuss the government’s planned changes to high-school curriculum guidelines. The students asked that Minister of Education Wu Se-hwa respond to their concerns in person.
Photo: Wang Chun-chung, Taipei Times

Students from the Northern Taiwan Anti-Curriculum Changes Alliance yesterday stormed out of a Ministry of Education sponsored forum in Taipei on controversial adjustments to high-school curriculum guidelines.

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Newsflash

US President Barack Obama left on his debut presidential tour of Asia yesterday, seeking to revive the US' prestige as a regional power, on a trip much heavier on symbolism than diplomatic substance.

Obama will take a precious week out of his bid to enact an ambitious domestic agenda to show the region and a rising China that Washington is no longer distracted by crises elsewhere.