TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) – Taiwan’s already frosty relations with Beijing are set to cool further after the appointment of a controversial diplomat to handle cross-strait ties sparked a backlash. Beijing still sees self-ruling Taiwan as part of its territory and has been piling pressure on new president Tsai Ing-wen to acknowledge that there is only “one China”. It deeply mistrusts Tsai, whose Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is traditionally pro-independence. Beijing has cut official communications with Tsai, who […]
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26 dead in Taiwan tourist bus crash: officials
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A Taiwan tour bus carrying visitors from mainland China crashed and caught fire Tuesday near the capital Taipei, killing 26 on board. Footage on local media showed the bus had rammed into an expressway fence with flames blazing from the front. It was then engulfed by thick plumes of smoke with the fire leaving burned-out wreckage at the roadside. The tour group of 24 people, eight men and 16 women, was from […]
Taiwan arrests three foreigners in $2.5m ATM cyberheist
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan has arrested three foreign suspects over a $2.5 million cyberheist which used malware to hack into a major local bank’s ATM network and steal bags of cash, police said Monday. The attack, the first of its kind in Taiwan, targeted the First Commercial Bank’s ATM network last week, using malware to withdraw more than Tw$81 million ($2.5 million) from dozens of machines in three cities. A Latvian suspect, identified as […]
Believe the hype? How virtual reality could change your life
by Michelle YUN TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Reducing errors made during surgery, bringing school books to life, enabling us to browse shops from the comfort of home — virtual reality is not just about gaming, it will change our lives, according to some tech leaders. “VR” is the buzz industry at Asia’s largest tech fair, Computex, being held in Taiwan’s capital Taipei this week. The island is hoping to become a development hub for virtual […]
Shaking felt in Taipei as 5.6-magnitude quake hits
TAIPEI , Taiwan (AFP) — Buildings shook violently in Taiwan’s capital Taipei Thursday as a 5.6-magnitude quake hit off the island’s northeast coast. The shallow quake struck at a depth of 10 km (six miles), the US Geological Survey said, just east of the coastal city of Yilan, 60 kilometres from Taipei. There were no immediate reports of damage. It comes after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in February left 117 dead when an apartment complex collapsed […]
MIAA issues clarification on alleged pilferage case
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) clarified that nothing anomalous took place in the video uploaded recently online of a ground personnel opening a bag at the apron of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The video entitled, “Hulicam, mga tauhan ng NAIA binubuksan ang mga gamit ng pasahero. Kailangan kumalat ito,” showed a ramp agent getting a white envelope from a bag beside the aircraft. The video spread online, starting December 16, and was […]
Magnitude 6.8 quake hits Taiwan, buildings sway in Taipei
TAIWAN, Taipei — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rattled Taiwan and small islands in the far south of Japan on Monday (April 20), official monitoring sites said, shaking offices in the capital, Taipei. Local television broadcaster FTV showed footage of their offices shaking as the earthquake hit on Monday morning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a tsunami after the quake, which had been measured at 6.3 […]
