Woman rescued by passersby after suspected random knife attack in Taitung City

men surround armed man who attacked woman with knife

July 10, 2023July 18, 2023 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment knife-attack, Taitung

A woman is recovering in hospital after a man followed her out of a convenience store and attacked her with a knife before being subdued by passersby in Taitung City yesterday, Sunday, July 9. According to reports, a 26-year-old woman, named Jiang, walked out of a convenience store on Zhongxing Road, Section 2 at around 12:15 pm. Surveillance footage of the incident showed that the suspect, a 50-year-old man, named Chang, followed Jiang across a zebra crossing before pouncing on

crashed Teng Yun unmanned combat aerial vehicle

Military Affairs

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment air-force, aviation-accident, drone, Taitung, UAV

A military unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) crash landed in Taitung Forest Park this evening, and the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) says the cause of the crash was an error in the flight control system. The UCAV took off from the Chih-hang Air Force Base this afternoon on a test flight, and landed in a forested section of Taitung Forest Park at 6:33 pm, according to reports. There were no casualties, but contact with trees caused

Culture

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment human migration, Japan, prehistory, Taitung

A team of Japanese researchers will attempt to row a dugout canoe from Taiwan’s east coast to Yonaguni Island, Japan, to try to understand how people migrated from Taiwan to Okinawa more than 30,000 years ago. This year’s attempt comes after previous experiments using boats made from reeds, and bamboo, failed. Japan’s National Museum of Science and nature launched the project in 2016, and attempted to sail a boat made of cattail reeds from Iriomote Island to Yonaguni Island. At

Society

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gold, lost and found, Taitung

A man preparing to dismantle a cabinet to recycle the wood stumbled across gold bars and jewelry worth more than NT$1 million in Taitung County. Mr Deng, a woodworker in Chihshang Township, immediately took the haul of gold to the police station. Police traced the cabinet to its owner, who had thrown out the cabinet during the Lunar New Year spring cleaning. The owner of the cabinet, Mr Zhuang, brought receipts to the police station confirming the gold bars and

illegal migrant workers arrested in Taitung

Society

January 12, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, illegal immigration, Taitung

Police in Taitung City enforcing a ban on gravel trucks on restricted roads found a group of illegal Vietnamese workers hiding in the back of a truck. Police officers pulled over the truck at around 4:00pm Thursday, January 10, on Heping Road in Beinan Township at a road-stop manned by 10 police officers. Officers reported that the truck driver had a negative attitude, and was uncooperative and evasive when questioned. One of the officers noticed suspicious movement under the black

Drugs

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Phillip Charlier 3 Comments cannabis cultivation, marijuana, Taitung

Taitung Coastguard investigators and police raided a property in Taitung City December 3, and uncovered a cannabis growing operation containing 794 plants, 7 kilograms of dried marijuana, and prepackaged marijuana cigarettes. Investigators claim the market value of the haul is worth over NT$230 million, and is the biggest ever in Taiwan. Two men, Mr Zhang, 60, and Mr Chen, 68, were arrested and are being detained incommunicado on suspicion of producing and manufacturing a class 2 drug. Investigators said they

A gravel truck, an SUV, and a tour bus after a crash in Taitung City

Traffic Accidents

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gravel-truck, Taitung, tour-bus

The driver of an SUV was killed in Taitung City this morning after a gravel truck smashed into his vehicle, pushing it into the back of a tour bus. At around 9:00am, a traffic light on Zhiben Road, Section 2, had just turned from red to green, when the gravel truck hit the SUV from behind, pushing the vehicle for around 40 meters until it came to a stop against the back of a bus carrying a group of international

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

products fell off supermarket shelves in Taitung City

Earthquakes

May 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Taitung

A series of 4 shallow quakes offshore of Taitung City this morning caused sirens to sound, sending residents to seek the safety of the outdoors. The largest of the quakes measured 4.6 at the epicenter but was felt as a magnitude 5 in the city. The first, and strongest tremor hit at 9:03am at a depth of 7.4km, 13.1km north-east of the city, and was followed by aftershocks of magnitude 3.9, 3.5, and 3.5, at 9:04am, 9:17am, and 9:19am, respectively.

Society

May 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Father Josef Eugster, fraud, reflexology, Taitung

Fraudsters have been cashing in on the fame and reputation of Taiwan’s “father of reflexology,” Father Josef Eugster, and taking advantage of customers’ soft hearts, by concocting a story that the priest has been defrauded of his pension, and needs to sell shoes online to survive. The scammers urge readers to purchase foot massage shoes in order to recoup the Father Eugster’s losses. United Daily News reports that recently, news that Father Eugster had been defrauded of his pension has

Society

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment human trafficking, illegal immigration, people-smuggling, Taitung

Two Vietnamese nationals died when an inflatable raft overturned while attempting to land on a beach in Taitung County this morning. Another 3 illegal immigrants, and two Taiwanese people-smugglers were arrested after a search of the area. Coast Guard officers from Kaohsiung intercepted a fishing boat carrying 16 Vietnamese at around 2:30am, 12.5 nautical miles off the east coast of Pingtung County. Meanwhile, at around 2:17am, officers of the coast guard’s 10th squadron in Taitung County detected by radar a

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Woman rescued by passersby after suspected random knife attack in Taitung City

Military drone crash lands in Taitung City park

Researchers plan to row from Taiwan to Japan in dug-out canoe to prove migration theory

NT$Millions in gold found in discarded cabinet

11 illegal migrant workers found hidden in back of truck in Taitung City

Biggest Cannabis Growing Op in Taiwan History Busted in Taitung

Driver Killed in Horror Smash; Tour Bus Passengers Escape Injury

Councilor Requests Changes to Accommodate Orchid Island Burial Customs

4 Tremors Shake Taitung City: No Serious Damage or Injuries

Fraudsters use Taiwan-based Priest’s Name to Sell Shoes Online

2 Vietnamese Illegal Immigrants Die Attempting to Land in Taitung