Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) Culture Minister Lee Yung-te (李永得) said the government would continue its efforts to secure reparations for those persecuted during Taiwan's authoritarian period, at a memorial service hosted by the National Human Rights Museum Saturday.
Taipei, July 5 (CNA) Taiwanese writer Chi Wei-jan (紀蔚然) has won a Maltese Falcon Award from the Maltese Falcon Society in Japan for his first novel "Private Eyes," a modern-day detective novel, making him the first Taiwanese to win the award, Taiwan's Ink Publishing Co. said Tuesday.
Taipei, June 25 (CNA) A posthumous citation from President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was presented at a memorial service for Ipay Wilang (林智妹), the last government-designated preserver of Indigenous facial tattoos in Taiwan in her home village of Tawsay, Hualien County on Saturday.
Taipei, June 22 (CNA) Conductor Eliahu Inbal will not remain with Taipei Symphony Orchestra when his current three-year tenure ends in August, the orchestra said Wednesday, citing uncertainty in its programming due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taipei, June 7 (CNA) The 30th Taipei International Book Exhibition had a better-than-expected turnout of 250,000 visitors for its first physical event in three years, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers said as the six-day fair concluded Tuesday.