Taiwan Thanks President Trump for Signing Taiwan Travel Act

President Donald Trump signs Taiwan Travel Act

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Donal Trump, foreign affairs, Taiwan Travel Act, USA-Taiwan

Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the President thanked the US President for signing the Taiwan Travel Act, putting into law the encouragement of high-level visits between officials of the two countries. President Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act Friday evening, March 16. The act was passed unanimously by the US Congress January 9, 2018. Ministry of Foreign Affairs MOFA said that Taiwan-US relations are close and amicable. In recent years, through the joint efforts of both

Violent Crimes

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, New Taipei City

The body of a woman missing since March 13 has been found encased in cement in the residence she shared with her brother, sister-in-law, and their two children in New Taipei City’s Xinzhuang District this morning. The dead woman’s sister-in-law has confessed to the murder. Ms Zhang, 38, told police that she and Ms Yeh, 39, had often quarreled over trivial matters. On Tuesday March 13, Zhang took her two children to school as usual. When she returned home, she

ambulance damaged in accident in Tainan City

Traffic Accidents

March 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ambulance accident, drink-driving, drunk-driver, Tainan

An ambulance carrying a man suspected to have suffered a heart attack was hit by a car yesterday. The patient was transferred to another ambulance but was declared dead in hospital two hours later. The ambulance was carrying a 62 year-old Tainan resident named Chiang who had a history of diabetes and heart disease. Mr Chiang was suffering chest tightness and breathing difficulties. At around 9:20am, with the siren blaring, the ambulance was exiting an alley when a silver sedan

suspect carries body of girlfriend in large, pink, suitcase

Violent Crimes

March 14, 2018December 9, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, Hong Kong, murder, Taipei City, Valentine's Day

Police investigators today located the remains of a 21 year-old woman who is believed to have been murdered February 17. The find comes after her 20 year-old boyfriend confessed to her murder in Hong Kong. According to media reports in Taiwan’s Chinese-language press, Chen Tong-jia (陳同佳) confessed to her murder to Hong Kong police yesterday evening. Based on information provided by Hong Kong police, police detectives in New Taipei City searched an area of scrub adjacent to a field behind

Politics

March 12, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment iso 3166, Sweden, Swedish Taiwanese Friendship Association, Taiwan

The Swedish Taiwanese Friendship Association has launched a petition to demand the Swedish Tax Office remove the designation of Taiwan as a province of China. The tax office announced it would change the name starting today, March 12, 2018. Ironically, the tax office announcement was made February 28 this year, on the anniversary of the “228 Incident.” The STFA petition calls the term “Taiwan, Province of China” offensive. The Swedish Tax Office claims that the name change is a purely

Military Affairs

March 8, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Pingtung County, ROC Navy, UAV

An unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Unit crashed and burned in grassland next to an elementary school in Pingtung County this morning. No injuries were reported. Students and teachers of the Pinghe campus of WuTan Elementary School in Taiwu Township were alerted to the sound of a crash and explosion at around 11:00am. Witnesses reported a fireball seen on the slope around 100 meters from the campus. Firefighters extinguished a fire caused by the crash. Naval

a 62 year old woman and medical team that delivered her baby

Society

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment

A 62 year-old woman gave birth at Taipei Chang Gong Memorial Hospital late last month it was announced today. Although reproduction technologies were involved in the conception, Ms Wu gave birth naturally, it was reported by various media outlets after a press conference today, March 7. Doctors said that another 62 year-old had given birth by cesarean section 5 years ago, but this may be the oldest natural birth on record in Taiwan. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health

Society

March 6, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment suicide, Taipei City

A fifth-grade boy is suspected to have jumped from a fourth-floor window of an elementary school in Taipei City this morning. The 11 year-old was rushed to hospital unconscious, but declared dead around 2 hours later. According to Apple Daily, the boy with the family name Shen had quarreled with his parents over the use of a cellphone last night. His mother took him to school at 11:00am, but he didn’t go to his classroom, and at around 11:45 fell

Fire

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment arson, residential fire, Taipei City

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire swept through a residential apartment in Taipei City in the early hours of the morning today, March 1. A 54 year-old woman died in the blaze, while 7 people were treated for minor injuries. The second-floor apartment on Longjiang Road was divided into wooden cubicles and rented as staff quarters for a steak restaurant downstairs. It is believed that a man named Zhang had a dispute with a

Traffic Accidents

March 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Ilan, rockfall

A two year-old boy died in his grandmother’s arms after a basketball-sized rock smashed through the windshield of a car on Highway 7 in Ilan County yesterday. The Lin family were on their way home near Nanshan at around 11:00pm when the boulder hit the passenger-side windshield. Grandmother Lin was sitting in the front passenger seat holding her two year-old grandson at the time. The Lins drove to an ambulance station in Nanshan. The grandmother suffered injuries to her neck

Taiwan Thanks President Trump for Signing Taiwan Travel Act

Woman Murdered and Encased in Cement

Drunk Driver Crashes into Ambulance: May have Contributed to Patient’s Death

Body of Hong Kong Murder Victim Found in New Taipei City

Petition Calls for Swedish Tax Office to Remove Designation of Taiwan as “Province of China”

Military Drone Crashes Beside Elementary School

62 Year-old Gives Birth to Baby Boy

11 Year-old Dead in Suspected Suicide

1 Dead, 7 Injured in Taipei Fire: Arson Suspect Arrested

2 Year-old Killed by Falling Rock