Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Two more bodies were found by the Pingtung Bureau of Fire and Emergency Services Thursday, as the search continued for three missing members of a 10-person river tracing group swept away by a surging waterfall on May 20, increasing the death toll from the incident to four, with one person still missing.
Taipei, April 7 (CNA) Nine people have been indicted for their alleged involvement in the poaching of Formosan black bears and other protected wild animals in Taiwan, according to the Pingtung District Prosecutors Office on Friday.
Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) Taiwan has sought assistance from Palau, the Philippines and other countries to locate a fishing boat operating in the western Pacific Ocean that the owner has been unable to contact since early Saturday, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement Monday.
Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) A 40-strong contingent from a search and rescue team deployed by Taiwan to earthquake-struck Turkey was welcomed back to Pingtung late Wednesday, where they recounted their search for survivors in a city where 70-80 percent of buildings have been reduced to rubble.
Taipei, Jan. 25 (CNA) Several mountainous areas in northern and northeastern Taiwan saw snowfall late Tuesday and early Wednesday as a powerful cold front brought freezing temperatures to high-altitude parts of the country.