Tag: Taiwan

Taiwan apologises to indigenous people for first time

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AFP) – Wearing traditional dress from feather headdresses to loincloths, members of Taiwan’s indigenous community met President Tsai Ing-wen Monday as she made a landmark apology for centuries of suffering including the loss of ancestral lands. Tsai, the island’s first leader with aboriginal heritage, will personally head a committee to investigate past injustices as part of government efforts to ease tensions with the native community. “I apologise to the indigenous people on behalf […]

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Taiwan buses recalled after deadly fire disaster

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan authorities ordered some tour buses off the road Wednesday after one caught fire and killed 26 on board as questions swirl over why emergency doors and windows did not open. Local media reported that bodies were found stacked at the escape routes at the back of the bus full of Chinese tourists, which caught fire then crashed through an expressway barrier Tuesday on its way to Taipei’s main airport in […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Tropical storm kills 10 in China, 11 missing

BEIJING, China (AFP) — A tropical storm in China has left 10 people dead and 11 missing, reports said Monday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest winds in over a century. It had weakened into a tropical storm by the time it made landfall in Fujian province […]

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Taiwan says willing to peacefully resolve disputes while maintaining rights in South China Sea

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) — Taiwan would like to peacefully resolve any disputes that might arise from the international court ruling in the South China Sea, but will be steadfast in maintaining its rights in Itu Aba, the sole Taiwan-held island in the Spratlys, senior government officials said Monday (July 11). Taiwan is one of the claimant which will be affected by the arbitration result in the case before The Hague between the Philippines and China. “We […]

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Tropical storm kills six in China, eight missing

BEIJING, China (AFP) — A tropical storm in China left six people dead and at least eight more missing, reports said, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest winds in over a century. It had weakened into a tropical storm by the time it made landfall in Fujian […]

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Typhoon Butchoy continues to move away from Phl

(Eagle News) –Typhoon Nepartak or “Butchoy” has crossed Southern Taiwan and continued to move away from the country. All Tropical Cyclone warning signals are now lifted. The  estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 600 km diameter of the typhoon. Fisherfolk are advised not to venture out over the seaboards of Northern Luzon and the western seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon. “Butchoy” will continue to enhance the Southwest monsoon which will […]

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Super typhoon Nepartak hits Taiwan, disrupts power supply, transport

  (Reuters)   Super typhoon Nepartak hit eastern Taiwan early on Friday, driving thousands of people from their homes, disrupting power supply and forcing the cancellation of more than 500 flights, emergency authorities said. Television broadcast images of strong wind and torrential rains brought by the year’s first typhoon, whose approach had prompted Taiwan and neighboring China to batten down the hatches. As many as 15,400 people were evacuated from their homes in preparation for the […]

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Over 15,000 evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan

    TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall Friday, injuring dozens and forcing more than 15,000 to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools. Packing gusts of up to 198 kilometres per hour (123 miles per hour), it landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6:00 am (2200 GMT Thursday) and was […]

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Over 15,000 evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall Friday, injuring dozens and forcing more than 15,000 to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools. Packing gusts of up to 198 kilometres per hour (123 miles per hour), it landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6:00 am (2200 GMT Thursday) and was moving […]

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Thousands evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall early Friday, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools for the day. Packing gusts of up to 234 kilometers per hour (145 miles per hour), it landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6:00 am (2200 GMT Thursday). One man drowned off […]

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