Taiwan's Taiex index rose 14.18, or 0.2 percent, to 7,798.99 at the close of Taipei trading at 1:30 p.m., the highest since May 4. HTC Corp.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest custom manufacturer of chips, posted record quarterly profit and raised its spending budget more than 20 percent as

A former executive with Taiwan's Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. has agreed to plead guilty and serve time in a U.S. jail for his role in

The Taiwan High Court yesterday sentenced the secretary of a former transportation minister to 11 years in prison for receiving bribes in the awarding of

Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan is scheduled to visit the United States, where she will deliver a speech to a Washington-based think tank

The opposition Democratic Progressive Party criticized the government yesterday for allegedly putting a gardening firm in charge of fire safety inside the Hsuehshan Tunnel. The tunnel,

Yunlin County Magistrate Su Chih-fen knelt outside the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday in a protest against the government's attitude to the recent fire at

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said yesterday that big differences still remain in the dispute between Taiwan and the U.S. over U.S. beef imports,

Taiwan will face greater challenges in defending existing hard-won levels of news freedom in the wake of the signing of the controversial "Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation

"Poems of Percussion and Piano" This concert is given by Mr. Lider Chang and Ms. Yi-Hsuan Lu. The program includes works by contemporary com-posers, such as

"Tenmoku Glaze: The Ceramic Art of Liang-yang Shao" The Jian kilns of Fujian Province during the Song Dynasty specialized in the pro-duction of black glazed ceramics.

"Post-adolescence" To present the annual major exhibition "Post-adolescence," which was jointly organized by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) and Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts,

"On the Cutting Edge-Aspects of Korean Contemporary Photography" This exhibition that will be held for the first time in Taiwan has been planned to display interests

A transit that lasts for more than six hours can be excruciatingly boring if you're reduced to wandering around the airport. Every experienced traveler knows

'Splice' 人工進化 Directed by: Vincenzo Natali Starring: Andrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Cheneac Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers Opens Taiwan: today In the monster romp "Splice," biochemists Clive (Adrien Brody)

'The Ghost Writer' 獵殺幽靈寫手 Directed by: Roman Polanski Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall Reviewed by: Christopher Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers Opens Taiwan: today Roman Polanski's terrific new thriller "The Ghost

Xinyi District is probably the most eye-catching district in Taipei City. Here you will find Taipei City Hall, Taipei 101, Taipei World Trade Center and

Art works by four Taiwanese are on display at the 11th International Festival of Electronic Language (FILE) after being selected for a competition at the

The H1N1 swine flu virus has claimed its third Taiwanese fatality in just ten days, the nation's 46th victim overall, the Centers for Disease Control

Taipei, July 29 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) reiterated Thursday the Republic of China's