Tainan County

KMT likely to lose 3 counties in Taiwan local elections: Poll

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The ruling Kuomintang was likely to lose control over three counties in the December 5 local elections, a poll said Friday. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party was likely to wrest back Ilan County...

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When Taiwan-Japan relations run afoul, there's always Hatta Yoichi

TAIPEI — The Japanese animated movie "Hatta Yoichi" was given wide theatrical release Friday in Taiwan, but few moviegoers here are likely to grasp its political significance. Purely as "anime" entertainment, the film has much...

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Gov't to buy rice from polluted paddies at guaranteed prices

The Council of Agriculture (COA) promised yesterday to purchase rice at guaranteed prices from Tainan County farmers whose paddies were found to be contaminated with heavy metals and are therefore having difficulty selling...

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Thousands demand new talks on US `poison` beef imports

Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen demanded that President Ma Ying-jeou`s Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government re-negotiate a controversial protocol signed last month with

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When Taiwan-Japan ties wobble, there's always Hatta Yoichi+

TAIPEI, Nov. 13 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Taiwan released the Japanese anime "Hatta Yoichi" in theaters island-wide on Friday, but few local movie-goers will likely grasp its political significance. But the significance has not been lost...

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DPP to back march against expanded U.S. beef imports

DPP members display a poster in front of the Taipei City Government yesterday, asking Taipei City Mayor Hao Lung-bin to participate a rally which will be held this Saturday to protest against the government's policy to allow...

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One Italian dead, another critically injured in E China road accident

HANGZHOU, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A car rammed into a roadside heavy-duty truck in east China's Zhejiang Province Sunday morning, killing two people, including an Italian. The car ran into a truck fully loaded with cement at around...

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Taiwan man has been catching rats for mom for 24 years

Taipei - A Taiwan man has been catching rats for 24 years so that his mother can eat what she considers a delicacy at every meal, a newspaper reported Sunday. Hsiao Cheng-hsin, 37, a farmer in Houpi, Tainan County, is nicknamed...

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Terns return amid fears of noise from bird watchers

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Remotely - NCKU Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Successfully Completed Its Maiden Voyage

The Remotely Piloted Vehicle ;amp; Micro Satellite Research Laboratory (RMRL) led by Prof Fei-Bin Hsiao from Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, built the Surveillance, Watch,...

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