Yesterday the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced a 15% and 9% increase in electricity rates for high consumption industries and households exceeding 1000 kWh, respectively. …

On June 24, Taiwan discovered its first monkeypox case in a man who returned to Taiwan after studying abroad in Germany. This makes Taiwan the third Asian country to have a confirmed case of monkeypox. Monkeypox is a virus that was first discovered in Central Africa in 1958 and has…

Ever since the advent of covid, Taiwan’s tourism industry has been hit especially hard. While its Semiconductor industry is booming, restraunts and hotels surrounding popular tourist sites shuttered from the lack of international and domestic customers. …

NTU vice-president calls on everyone not to panic and to accept the ever-changing nature of omicron — The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced on Friday (June 17) that health authorities detected 17 more cases of the BA.4 and BA.5 COVID-19 sub-variants at the border. The cases brought the total number of people infected with either two variants to 48. Most of the subvariant cases came from…

Today at two in the morning, a woman was arrested on the charges of drunk driving and second degree homocide. The woman, surnamed Lin, crashed and killed a traffic conductor, surnamed fang, with her BMW Z4 after a drinking rampage involving eight cups of wine and four cups of beer. …

On June 20, British art historian Jessica Rawson won the 2022 Tang Prize in Sinology. She was surprised she was even considered in the Sinology category as she specializes in Chinese art. The Tang Prize is a ceremony that honors people who have made great contributions to the categories of…

Is it too late for Taiwan to become bilingual? — Taiwan committed to becoming a bilingual nation by 2030 in December 2018 to break down language barriers and create more employment opportunities for the Taiwanese people. With foreign investment soaring, companies need people who can communicate and translate from Mandarin to English while running effective business operations. Instead of Mandarin…

On Saturday, the CECC announced the reduction of quarantine from 7 days to three days; along with the self health monitoring period being reduced from 7 days to only four. The 3+4 policy is part of a wider move by the Taiwanese government to let the virus run its course…

Taking a rapid covid test is pretty straightforward. With a nose swab, some dripping of a solution and 15 minutes of waiting, you get your results in the form of lines on the C or T section. The C stands for control and makes sure the covid test is functioning…