Taiwan’s Newest Airline starts Recruitment Drive for Pilots

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Chang Kuo-wei, Starlux Airlines

Starlux Airlines announced today that it would do its best to cultivate Taiwanese pilots, saying that the company would inculcate safety as an attitude, not just a requirement. Starlux Chairman Chang Kuo-wei said that anyone with ROC nationality who has a university degree , and English language certification, can apply to become a pilot. Military officers can also apply. As well as relevant qualifications, applicants should have team spirit, good communications skills, and a sense of mission. Applications can be

Violent Crimes

June 9, 2018June 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment attempted murder, domestic violence, Kaohsiung, knife-attack

An elderly man in Kaohsiung City has been charged with attempted murder, after attacking his wife with a chopping knife, cutting her 20 times, before locking himself in a room and standing off with police for more than two hours. At around 9:00pm yesterday evening, June 8, 77 year-old Mr Ye quarreled with his 72 year-old wife, took a cleaver, and chopped at her face and body, until the knife started breaking along with the bones in his right hand,

Violent Crimes

June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment arson, death

A man who was found guilty of setting fire to an apartment building in Chonghe District, New Taipei City, taking the lives of nine people in November, 2017, was sentenced to death, in a verdict handed down by the Taipei District Court today, June 7. [See previous story: 9 Dead in Apartment Fire: Arsonist Arrested] Li Guo-hui (李國輝), had argued in his defense that a tenant of the building had constantly provoked him, and that “voices” had told him to

Violent Crimes

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gang violence, homicide, murder, Pingtung County

A homeowner who allowed a man suspected to have shot a young soldier to death in Pingtung County claimed that he didn’t know the man was the suspect killer because news media blurred the face of the suspect in TV news reports. Hong Weizhi was arrested during a raid on a residence in Shanhua township, Tainan, at around 6:00am this morning, June 6. When the suspect was rudely awoken from his sleep, he shouted: “I surrender, I surrender. Please don’t

Violent Crimes

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fratercide, knife-attack, Taipei City

A man was brutally cut down and killed by his older brother in the middle of a road in Shilin District, Taipei City, this afternoon, according to reports in local media. The brothers had had a long-running dispute over land they had inherited. At around 2:00pm, the elder of two middle-aged brothers named Ho, attacked his younger brother with a kitchen cleaver in front of a residential building on Zhishan Road. The younger Ho, 56, attempted to run away, but

Military Affairs

June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Hanguang Exercises, missing jet, plane crash

An F-16 went missing in a mountainous region of northern Taiwan this afternoon, and wreckage has reportedly been found by a hiker on a trail in the vicinity of Ruifang District. The single-seat F-16A (No. 6685) was one of two belonging to the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron that took off from Hualien Airport at 1:09pm to participate in the annual Hanguang military exercise which began today. The fighter jets were heading to airspace above Keelung City when one of the

tourists on the roof of high-rise building

Odd News

June 2, 2018June 2, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Taipei City, tourists

Readers reportedly felt their scalps tingle, and broke out in a cold sweat, after pictures and video of three people sitting around on the roof of a 16-floor building in Xinyi District, Taipei City, were released on social media, yesterday, June 1. On the evening of May 31, residents of nearby building spotted three people atop the Shin Kong Manhattan Building. As well as recording the incident, the concerned citizens called the police. One man sat on the edge of

Crime and Criminals

June 2, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment abduction, kidnapping, robbery, Taipei City

A 40 year-old woman was abducted at knifepoint from a department store car park in Xinyi District, Taipei City, yesterday evening, and held for more than three hours before being rescued by police. A woman named Wang was having dinner with a friend at around 6:30pm, when she went to the B4 level car park to retrieve something from her car. When Ms Wang opened the door of the two-door BMW sports car, a man approached her from behind and

Violent Crimes

June 2, 2018June 2, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Pingtung, road-rage, shooting

A man in Pingtung County was shot dead by gangsters who stopped his car during what police suspect was a traffic dispute in the early hours of this morning. The 23 year-old soldier named Ho, was returning for duty at a base in Kaohsiung City after taking a day’s leave. After filling up at a gas station on Yanping Road, Chaozhou township at around 3:00am, Ho pulled out onto the road and a car blocked his vehicle from the front.

Drugs

June 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cannabis, marijuana

An American cram school teacher was arrested after a police raid on his apartment in Nangang District, Taipei City, uncovered a small cannabis growing operation in the apartment, along with the finished product, including buds and leaves, marijuana butter, and marijuana tincture. According to media reports including Mirror Media, police had been watching and investigating the 33 year-old man, named as “Kyle,” for some time after receiving a report that the man was growing cannabis in his apartment. During the

Culture

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment indigenous people, Orchid-Island, Taitung, Yami

[Picture: T Di Genova, The Wild East Magazine] A Taitung County Councilor has requested the District Prosecutor allow procedures, required by law to determine the cause of accidental death, be carried out by the local health clinic, and local police on Orchid Island. The change would better accommodate the traditional Yami custom of burying the deceased before sunset on the day of death. Current procedures require that officials of the District Prosecutor’s Office have to travel to the island to

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