Pingtung County’s Mudan Township (牡丹) has erected a statue of Paiwan leader Aruqu Kavulungan and his son, who were killed in the Mudan Incident, with the hope of sharing the Paiwan perspective of the incident.
The Mudan Incident occurred in 1871 when Ryukuan sailors were shipwrecked off Hengchun Peninsula.
They were massacred by Paiwan when the sailors ended up in their village of Kuskus which today is Gaoshih Village (高士) in Mudan.
The incident is usually told from the Japanese perspective. It was used by the Japanese as a pretense for the 1874 invasion of Taiwan which at the time was
Minister of Science and Technology Wu Tsung-tsong (吳政忠) yesterday unveiled a plan to launch up to 20 satellites in the next 10 years, doubling the government’s original target set in 2019.
Taiwan is to focus on space science and technology following the legislature passing the Space Development Act (太空發展法) last year, Wu told a news conference ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday at the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taipei.
The ministry is seeking to facilitate the growth of the indigenous space industry by linking businesses with space research, which the country has been conducting for the past 30 years,
SHORT-TERM: The Ministry of Science and Technology said that setup of the site for launching sounding rockets is a significant step toward developing space technologiesBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The setup of a site for launching sounding rockets, of those for scientific use, has been approved by Aboriginal residents of a village in Pingtung County, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Monday.
The site is temporary while the ministry seeks another property where it could establish a permanent launch site for commercial use.
It marks another milestone since the promulgation of the Space Development Act (太空發展法) in June, and signals a first step as the nation sets in place the infrastructure needed to develop space technologies, the ministry said in a news release.
A community conference held on Monday by
A planned launch site for sounding rockets in Pingtung County might become available at the end of this month, if local Aborigines agree with its establishment, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Thursday.
The ministry and the National Space Organization (NSPO) for more than a year have been negotiating an agreement to use the site in Mudan Township’s (牡丹) Syuhai Village (旭海).
Although the National Property Administration owns the site, meaning the ministry has rights to use it, Article 21 of the Indigenous Peoples Basic Act (原住民族基本法) says that the consent of local Aborigines is required.
Negotiations to allow a mobile