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Taiwanese kills wife's Facebook friend

A jealous Taiwanese husband led an assault on a Facebook user who had flirted with his wife online, beating him to death with baseball clubs, police said Monday.

Chou You-huang, a 34-year-old residen

Six dead, two missing as ship sinks off Taiwan

A Taiwanese-registered gravel ship with 15 crew members on board sank off the island on Monday, leaving six people dead and two others missing, officials said.

Taiwan's coast guard rescued seven peop

Finance veteran to be Taiwan's next premier

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has picked a former top financial regulator as his next premier, the state news agency and several other media reported over the weekend.

The appointment of 62-year-old

Taiwan promotes firecracker CD for Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year revellers in Taiwan's capital Taipei are to be given free CDs featuring the sound of exploding firecrackers, in the hope of reducing the deafening noise and mess created by the real thi

Intel, Taiwan in tie-up to develop new chip

US chip giant Intel has joined hands with a top Taiwan research institute to develop a new generation of memory chips for use in lighter, energy-saving smartphones and tablets, officials said on Wedne

Taiwan worker lifts 230 kg with 'iron crotch'

An ailing Taiwanese worker has reportedly regained his health by practising ‘iron crotch’, in which men use their genitals to lift iron disks weighing hundreds of kilograms.

Yang You-sin has been doi

Taiwan fan drops toddler, bungles foul ball catch

A Taiwanese baseball fan got himself in hot water with his wife when he dropped their young daughter into the stadium seats in front of him in a bungled attempt to catch a foul ball during a televised

Hitler ‘look-alike’ key rings spark outrage in Taiwan

Key rings bearing an Adolf Hitler-style cartoon figure have caused an outrage after going on sale in Taiwan.

The items, seen in several convenience stores in Taipei, sported an Adolf Hitler look-alik

Forgotten mooncakes spark Taiwan station bomb scare

Police in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung mobilised the bomb squad after a suspicious package was found in a subway station toilet, only to find it contained nothing more dangerous than mooncake

Torn 600-year-old China painting joined in Taiwan

One of China’s best-known ancient paintings, torn into two parts in the 17th century, was shown in its entirety in Taiwan Wednesday for the first time in more than 360 years.

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