Published by Kyodo News Japan’s gross domestic product per capita will fall behind that of South Korea in 2027 and Taiwan in 2028, according
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Day: January 16, 2022
Pingtung household electricity to fully use green power this year: county chief
The leader of Pingtung County on Sunday pledged that the household electricity in the southernmost county of Taiwan would be fully generated using renewable energy sources before the end of 2022.Pan Men-an (???) made the pledge during a ceremony to mar…
Read MoreSecond man dies in Kaohsiung oil storage tank accident
Two construction workers have died and six others were injured after a hydraulic jack malfunctioned and caused a scaffolding collapse inside a 40-meter by 30-meter oil storage tank at Kaohsiung Port on Saturday.The death of the second worker, who had b…
Read MoreMagnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts eastern Taiwan
Taiwan was shaken by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hualien County at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the Central Weather Bureau.The epicenter of the temblor was located at sea, 66.5 kilometers east-northeast of…
Read More‘Our hearts are still with him’: father of killed F-16V pilot
“Our hearts are still with him,” father of Air Force Captain Chen Yi (??), the F-16V pilot killed during a crash Tuesday, told CNA Sunday after he brought a framed photograph of Chen back to his home in Nantou County earlier in the day as part of a hom…
Read MoreCORONAVIRUS/Taiwan sees 10 new domestic cases, including 1 disease control staff
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Sunday reported 10 new domestic COVID-19 cases, including one person working in disease control at Taoyuan International Airport.Among the new cases, eight are linked to a Tasty Steakhouse branch in Ta…
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