Typhoon Morakot brought unprecedented level of rainfall to the southern part of Taiwan, causing floods and mudslides. Shiao Lin Village (小林村) in Kaohsiung county was buried in mudslide. The latest official estimated 398 people might have died in the mudslide. Shiao Lin...
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Kaohsiung Medical University researchers in Taiwan have determined that pregnant women who listen to classical (or otherwise soothing) music are less likely to endure stress or experience depression throughout...
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Within a week of tropical storm killing more than 19 people , a powerful typhoon Fung Wong has landed in the east coast of Taiwan today. The typhoon has forced normal life activity and schools,...
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"Police and a women's group are warning the public on up to five serial rapists who are on the loose in northern Taiwan and Kaohsiung city.
Among the criminals, the most active has committed sixteen offenses since October of 1997 in Taipei City, Taipei County, Taoyuan County,...
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"Asia avoided the tsunamis that were feared after an earthquake struck Taiwan on Tuesday night, but the Internet was a casualty of the temblor, which ruptured telecommunications cables under the Pacific.
Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese Internet users were disconnected from...
" TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Thousands of people took to the streets across Taiwan on Saturday to demand President Chen Shui-bian's resignation over a corruption scandal that could land his wife in prison. Some 6,000 people marched in the southern city of Kaohsiung a day after...
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