May 4 (CNA) The Tainan City government held a ceremony on Sunday honoring 57 female role models for their contributions to their families and communities was recognized as a "Model Mother of Compassion" and attended the event with around 30 family members a resident of the southern Taiwanese city's Annan District has lived a modest and hardworking life centered on farming supporting her family and assisting disadvantaged neighbors in the community Wu Wang told event organizers that she stays healthy by walking every day and eating a balanced diet that includes meat and vegetables Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) presided over the event held at the Yonghua Civic Center He praised the mothers for their dedication saying their sacrifices often go unacknowledged modern mothers also take on the responsibilities of managing household finances and raising children," Huang said silently and without asking for anything in return." Huang said the celebration was intended to show collective respect and gratitude from Tainan's residents and he welcomed the many three- and four-generation families who took part Gifts for honored mothers included three bicycles and three gold rings which were given away through a lottery draw according to a news release from the Social Affairs Bureau US chip designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) yesterday launched an office in Tainan’s Gueiren District (歸仁) marking a significant milestone in the development of southern Taiwan’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry the Tainan City Government said in a statement AMD Taiwan general manager Vincent Chern (陳民皓) presided over the opening ceremony for the company’s new office at the Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City (沙崙智慧綠能科學城) a new AI industry base and cybersecurity hub in southern Taiwan Facilities in the new office include an information processing center and a research and development (R&D) center the Tainan Economic Development Bureau said The Ministry of Economic Affairs in August last year confirmed that AMD would establish R&D centers in Tainan and Kaohsiung as part of the company’s efforts to accelerate the development of cutting-edge technologies such as AI and silicon photonics Also at the ceremony was Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau Director-General Alice Cheng (鄭秀絨) Innolux Corp (群創) chairman Jim Hung (洪進揚) and S dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at National Cheng Kung University Huang said that Tainan is at the core of the “S-shaped semiconductor industry corridor” in southern Taiwan and AMD’s presence in the Shalun technology complex demonstrates significant progress in the city’s AI development Tainan in the past few years has been focusing on the dual-engine development of Southern Taiwan Science Park (南部科學園區) and Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City to attract semiconductor cybersecurity and AI businesses to drive the city’s economic development The world’s five largest semiconductor equipment giants — Applied Materials Inc Lam Research Corp and KLA-Tencor Corp — have established a presence in the Southern Taiwan Science Park Together with major Taiwanese IC design companies such as MediaTek Inc (聯發科) Realtek Semiconductor Corp (瑞昱) and Novatek Microelectronics Corp (聯詠) the science park has developed into a crucial cluster for the advanced semiconductor industry Revenue generated by firms in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (南部科學園區) grew 39.55 percent to a record-high NT$2.21 trillion (US$66.9 billion) last year data released by the National Science and Technology Council on March 12 showed Tainan Dalpra wins over Rene Sousa via submission on Feb. 7 in Costa Mesa, CA, to improve his undefeated record at WNO to 4-0 at WNO 26. Dalpra used the side katagatame on Sousa; even when he attempted to escape Dalpra used his strength to fully lock in the hold completing the submission in around two minutes and picking up the massive win in the middleweight bout WNO 26 is streaming live and will be archived on FloGrappling and the FloSports app and all the proceeds from the event will go to the state's wildfire relief efforts #WNO26 | FRI FEB 7 | Live on Flo | Costa Mesa, CA pic.twitter.com/erXAqqWzPC FloGrappling is the streaming home to the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu events and news coverage FloGrappling is the streaming home of:  Get the most important Jiu-Jitsu stories delivered straight to your inbox The plan is to build a gigafab that can accommodate six 300mm production lines the publication said without naming its sources It quoted TSMC neither confirming nor denying the decision but saying that there are many considerations in choosing the location of the plant “The company uses Taiwan as its main base and does not rule out any possibility,” the articles quoted the company saying UDN said that TSMC has proposed to the Science Park authority that it will establish a 1.4nm and 1nm site in Shalun Another fab at Zhongke is taking the lead in developing the 1.4nm manufacturing process which will be transferred into the P1 The plan is still fluid and it could be that P1 through P3 will be used for 1nm and P4 through P6 for a 0.7nm manufacturing process No timetable was given for the construction of Fab25 UDN said that plan would be demonstrating TSMC’s determination to remain based in Taiwan and develop its leading-edge processes there It has gone through a spate of investment in the US Japan and Germany but generally appears intent on transfering manufacturing processes from behind the leading-edge into these fabs United Daily News report TSMC’s sales stayed strong throughout 2024, lifting AI optimism TSMC, SMIC gain market from Samsung in 3Q24 foundry ranking the island's oldest city is celebrating its quartercentennial by highlighting its multicultural past They called the place where they settled Tayouan – or Taiwan The Dutch traded with the local Siraya people who spoke an Austronesian language more closely related to contemporary Malay Tagalog and Māori than modern-day Mandarin Some scholars argue that the word "Taiwan" itself has Indigenous roots – deriving from "tavo-an," meaning "meeting-place" in Siraya are dedicated to exploring Tainan's many stories exhibitions and public celebrations are highlighting how the city has evolved as a melting pot of different cultures Today, the best way to experience Tainan is simply to wander its narrow streets and soak in its cultural diversity. Tainan is proud of its reputation as the birthplace of Taiwan and the cradle of Taiwanese culture and it has managed to hold onto its roots more so than other Taiwanese cities Compared to the capital Taipei or Tainan's nearest neighbour Kaohsiung – with their soaring skyscrapers that seem to reach into the future – Tainan feels like a place where the past and present collide New high-rises compete for space with ancient monuments and tangled back alleys lined with centuries-old buildings the streets are noisy with the sounds of firecrackers and temple processions: the city has more Buddhist and Taoist temples than anywhere else in Taiwan Fort Zeelandia still stands in Tainan's Anping district. Tourists wander around the sprawling ruins where modern Taiwan was born, snapping photos of the old brick walls entwined with mammoth banyan roots. Next door, the Kaitai Tianhou temple is dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu the temple is the oldest shrine to the island's most popular deity visitors continue the old-fashioned tradition of throwing pue and asking the goddess for advice about their business dealings fried sweet potato balls and Tainan's local delicacy kuann-tshâ-pang or "coffin bread" (fried bread stuffed with seafood sauce) speak to the city's reputation as Taiwan's street food capital elderly residents sit on plastic chairs in the shade chatting in Taiwanese a dialect derived from the original Hokkien spoken by settlers who arrived from Fujian in China that has largely disappeared elsewhere on the island in favour of Mandarin setting in motion waves of migration from China This first wave of Chinese settlers was mainly made up of Hokkien-speakers from Fujian when Taiwan passed into the hands of the Qing dynasty and Tainan became the capital of the new Taiwan Prefecture including a substantial Hakka-speaking community The island remained under Qing control for two centuries until it was ceded to the Japanese in 1895 The Japanese stayed until the end of World War Two and Japanese became the island's lingua franca there are some elderly people who are still more comfortable speaking Japanese than Mandarin • Taiwan's little-known original inhabitants • Can Taiwan become Asia's next great hiking destination? • The 96-year-old painter who saved a village the Nationalists imposed martial law and proclaimed Mandarin as the national language even though hardly anyone in Taiwan spoke it the Nationalists did their best to transform the culturally and linguistically diverse people of Taiwan into a Chinese-identifying To understand how Tainan is rediscovering this cultural diversity, I visited the Confucius temple in Tainan's city centre to talk to the head of the temple's cultural foundation As we sat in the airy hall with its burgundy walls and swooping eaves Tsio̍h explained how Taiwanese culture was built from successive waves of colonialism Constructed using building techniques borrowed from the Dutch it was rebuilt and restored by the Japanese It is a complete record of Taiwan's colonial history." Tsio̍h is committed to the revival of the Taiwanese language "I think we need a strong and clear expression of being Taiwanese," he said "Language is a token of self-expression Taiwanese society is heading toward a vision of a linguistically equal society We want our society to be able to see these languages as equals." But there are challenges, too. During Taiwan's decades of martial law, Mandarin was the standard language on the island. And while Taiwanese is now being taught again in schools across Taiwan, few young people speak it fluently. One person working to reverse this trend is YouTuber and Anping native Chiu Ka-éng, who goes by the name of Ayo. Ayo's YouTube channel Tâi-lâm muē-á kàu lí kóng Tâi-gí (A Tainan Girl Teaches You Taiwanese) "There are over 7,000 languages in the world but they are gradually disappearing," Ayo told me over Zoom "I wonder if my mother tongue will vanish in my lifetime The connection between language and place is very close this makes the Tainan 400 celebrations an opportunity "to imagine together how this place came to be" "what kind of future we want for the next 100 or 400 years" another language revival is underway in Tainan: Siraya the couple came across Gravius's translation of Matthew's Gospel they have dedicated themselves to the revival of Siraya as a living language When I met the couple in a coffee shop in the suburb of Xinhua they brought along a pile of newly published Siraya textbooks and we discussed how Siraya is now being spoken again and taught in more than 20 schools across Tainan This revival is also a reminder of the deeper history of Taiwan "The buildings may be 400 years old," Talavan said our life… I always say it's 400-plus." I asked Talavan what her hopes are for the language's revival "we want Siraya to be used from kindergarten through to university." I told her I have started to learn the language "Maybe you can become a Siraya teacher too," she said To spend time in Tainan at 400 (or "400-plus") is to become aware that Taiwan is a place with multiple roots – a complex tapestry of languages and cultures And this year's celebrations are a reminder that identity doesn't need to be simple and that there is strength and richness in complexity As Tsio̍h told me before I climbed on my bike to cycle home from the Confucius temple: "We Taiwanese are not that pure We should be proud of that and start telling people this history and these stories of hybridity Then maybe we can find peace with ourselves." If you liked this story, sign up for The Essential List newsletter – a handpicked selection of features For more Travel stories from the BBC, follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram. 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Here’s how to check yours. 13 Mar 2025 13:30:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Madura United won 3–0 over Tainan City on Thu This is 1/4 of the AFC Challenge League Final Stage Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are Madura United 0 win(s) 13 Mar 2025 13:30:00 GMT?Madura United won 3–0 over Tainan City on Thu 13 Mar 2025 13:30:00 GMT.About the matchMadura United is playing home against Tainan City on Thu Tainan is cooperating with the central government to hold the nation’s first civil defense resilience exercises on Thursday next week to test the nation’s emergency response capabilities President William Lai (賴清德) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) are expected to travel to Tainan to oversee the exercises The exercises are to take place from 9am to 2pm at Tainan Municipal Nan-Ning Senior High School teh Anping Port Visitors’ Center and the square across from the Tainan Yuping Post Office Photo courtesy of the Tainan City Government This initiative was launched by the Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee which was established by the Presidential Office in June last year to enhance preparedness for large-scale disasters and the threats posed by authoritarian expansion The drills would simulate disasters such as earthquakes tsunamis or damage to critical infrastructure testing the effectiveness of on-site disaster responses The exercises are a collaboration between central and local governments The goal is to strengthen national defense disaster prevention and democratic resilience The committee conducted a tabletop exercise with relevant central government agencies and the Tainan City Government on Dec Tainan Deputy Mayor Yeh Tse-shan (葉澤山) said It was decided then that Tainan would hold the Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Field Exercises on Thursday next week Tainan is to host the third meeting of the committee and a follow-up news conference embodying Lai’s vision of an “action-oriented committee,” he said The exercises would verify disaster response capabilities through small-scale Tainan City Government Secretary-General Fang Chin-cheng (方進呈) said They would test the ability of central and local governments to conduct large-scale evacuations April 24 (CNA) An autopsy conducted on a 13-year-old boy who died in February amid allegations of school bullying found no signs that he was poisoned concluding instead that he died from complications related to a viral infection the Tainan District Prosecutors Office said an autopsy and toxicology report by the Ministry of Justice's Institute of Forensic Medicine found no traces of drugs or toxins in samples of the boy's hair The boy's cause of death was determined to be myocarditis The autopsy results were presented to the boy's family adding that it would put its "full efforts" into probing whether any illegal activities took place the Tainan Bureau of Education said in a separate statement Thursday evening that an outside investigation into the case found no evidence that the boy had been bullied which was conducted by a committee of special education teachers psychologists and lawyers and based on relevant evidence and witness interviews was completed on April 8 and distributed to students' parents on April 14 after the boy's mother posted on Facebook that her son a seventh-grader at Houbi Junior High School surnamed Lin (林) She said a subsequent blood test conducted by a hospital had found "signs of poisoning from a toxic substance." The mother also claimed that some students had said her son was bullied for a long time and even taken to the restroom by other classmates who allegedly force-fed him drug-laced coffee powder In a separate social media post the same day the school's principal said the student had not attended school since Feb and that he only later learned from the boy's parents that he had died at the hospital the Education Bureau said that with permission from their parents all 164 students at the school were tested for drugs on March 10 and that the results had all come back negative (By Chang Jung-hsiang and Matthew Mazzetta) A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck off Tainan at 11:47am today the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said The hypocenter was 32.3km northeast of Tainan City Hall at a depth of 7.3km which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event measured 4 in Tainan and Chiayi County on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale Photo courtesy of the Central Weather Administration The quake had an intensity of 3 in Chiayi City and County There were no immediate reports of damage following the quake March 24 (CNA) Around 900 civilians will practice using military field hospital equipment without the assistance of armed forces personnel during a civil defense drill in Tainan on Thursday the official told CNA Monday that though the drill is to be staged in Tainan fire departments in nearby Kaohsiung and Chiayi and alternative service conscripts will also join Presidential Office spokesperson Karen Kuo (郭雅慧) announced that the small-scale exercise would simulate a severe "compound disasters" scenario involving earthquakes tsunamis and critical infrastructure disruptions Kuo said the drills would test central and local governments' emergency response capabilities and establishing emergency medical facilities The exercise will also feature civilian participation to test public-private sector cooperation in the event of major disaster thus enhancing whole-of-society defense resilience Although military personnel will not take part the Ministry of National Defense's Medical Affairs Bureau will lend its newly purchased Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment (FRSD) medical sets and inflatable field hospital tents for use in Thursday's drill FRSD is a set of medical supplies and equipment that provides the necessary medical materiel to establish a rapidly deployable urgent initial surgical service The weatherproofed inflatable field hospital tents are quick and easy to set up and light for transportation and are used to treat patients in the aftermath of natural disasters and in war zones Another unnamed senior Ministry of Interior official told CNA Monday that unlike previous rounds of civil defense or Wan An air raid drills Taiwan organized before Thursday's drill will be "unscripted and more realistic." The official added that following the Tainan drill the government would proceed with Urban Resilience Exercises from April to July which combine the Wan An air raid drills and Min An disaster response drills The series of exercises will culminate in the military's annual Han Kuang drills' live-fire portion in July Thursday's exercise is to take place from 10 a.m at Tainan Municipal Nan-Ning Senior High School Anping Port Visitors' Center and the square across from the Tainan Yuping Post Office President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) will travel to Tainan to preside over the exercises Such efforts were launched under the Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee an advisory group established by the Presidential Office The committee has pledged to enhance Taiwan's resilience by training civilian forces and ensuring the continued operations of medical A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off Tainan at 4:29pm today The hypocenter was 30.6km east of Tainan City Hall at a depth of 10.1km measured 4 in Tainan and Kaohsiung on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale The quake had an intensity of 2 in Chiayi County while it was measured as 1 in Pingtung County March 24 (CNA) Several workers at an electroplating factory in Tainan were sent to local hospitals Monday afternoon after inhaling chlorine gas First responders arrived at the factory in Anding District and found 11 individuals who were suffering from inhalation injuries after the Tainan City Fire Bureau received a report of an accident at 2:15 p.m. Many of the victims complained of chest pain and irritated eyes and were sent to local hospitals to be checked a man surnamed Lin (林) who fainted after the chlorine gas was released showed no vital signs by the time he arrived at the hospital and was later pronounced dead four of the remaining 10 individuals with more serious injuries were being kept in Chi Mei Medical Center's emergency ward for observation and were all conscious The six others were treated mostly for inhalation burns and choking but it was unclear as of later Monday night if they had been discharged The police and fire services believe that an employee of a chemical supplier who was delivering bleach to the factory mistakenly poured the bleach into a vat storing polyaluminum chloride and the mix of these chemicals created chlorine gas The Southern Occupational Safety and Health Center's officials came up with the same finding and shared it with local authorities Tainan City Labor Affairs Bureau chief Wang Hsin-chi (王鑫基) said in a press statement The Occupational Safety and Health Administration under the Ministry of Labor has ordered the factory to suspend its operations and notified prosecutors about the employer's suspected violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and relevant regulations Tainan is to launch a pilot program starting next month that uses artificial intelligence-driven face identification technology at automated teller machines (ATMs) to bolster fraud prevention Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said yesterday Money mules hired by fraud gangs often use masks and motorcycle helmets to disguise themselves while making withdrawals or carrying out ATM transactions People are currently not required by law to show their full faces while making withdrawals creating a loophole that fraud rings have exploited the pilot facial recognition system to be installed at select ATMs would first "remind" people using a voice recording to take off their masks and helmets as it tries to identify the user If after 10 to 15 seconds the system still cannot identify the user an alarm is to sound that may draw the attention of people nearby or bank staff and deter money mules from engaging in transactions The system would still not prevent people from going through with transactions even if a face cannot be identified but he hoped it would have a deterrent effect April 16 (CNA) Tainan will launch a pilot program starting in May that uses AI-driven face identification technology at automatic teller machines (ATMs) where money mules withdraw money to bolster ATM fraud prevention But individuals are currently not required by law to show their full faces while making withdrawals the pilot face recognition system to be installed at select ATM machine locations will first "remind" people using a voice recording to take off their masks and helmets as it tries to identify the user If after 10-15 seconds the system still cannot identify the user an alarm will sound that may draw the attention of people nearby or bank staff and deter money mules from engaging in transactions The system will still not prevent people from going through with transactions even if a face cannot be identified Magnitude 4 aftershocks are possible over the next three days after an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale struck Tainan at 11:47am yesterday The epicenter was 32.3km northeast of Tainan City Hall in Guantian District (官田) at a depth of 7.3km where it measured 4 on a seven-tier intensity scale The earthquake was caused by the collision of the Eurasian and the Philippine Sea plates to the east of Taiwan Seismological Center Director Wu Chien-fu (吳健富) said As the depth of the earthquake was shallow adding that future aftershocks are likely to be about a magnitude 4 two high-speed rail trains were temporarily halted and inspected while trains on the route between Dounan Station in Yunlin County and Gangshan Station in Kaohsiung operated at reduced speeds A resident living on the seventh floor of a building in Tainan’s West Central District (中西) said that he was about to go out for dinner when the earthquake alarm suddenly sounded on his cell phone but it only lasted for a few seconds and no items in the house fell or were damaged a magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattled Hualien County at 2:01am yesterday The epicenter was 19.1km north from Hualien County Hall at a depth of 25.3km The strongest tremors were felt in Hualien but some residents in Hualien said the shaking woke them up and that memories of last year’s earthquake resurfaced Yesterday marked the first anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in recent years — an earthquake measuring a 7.2 on the Richter scale struck Hualien on April 3 last year killing 18 people and injuring more than 1,100 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC yesterday said it has signed an agreement with Innolux Corp (群創) to acquire the flat-panel display maker’s plant in Tainan for NT$17.14 billion (US$530.6 million) amid supply constraints of its advanced packaging capacity constraints including buildings and manufacturing facilities the world’s biggest foundry service provider said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange The chipmaker did not elaborate on whether it would convert the plant into a new panel-level packaging factory or expand its advanced packaging chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) capacity The chipmaker "is working whatever it can" to more than double CoWoS capacity this year and next year in order to solve a severe shortage on strong artificial-intelligence (AI) chip demand Innolux shut down the 5.5-generation plant last year after losing its competitive edge in producing cost-effective flat-panel displays The company now focuses on rejuvenating its existing facilities and works to diversify into new businesses including chip packaging Its strategy is to transform itself into a company with two major revenue sources — display and non-display The deal with TSMC would allow Taiwan to play a crucial role in the global technology sector and economy Innolux chairman Jim Hung (洪進揚) told investors that the company expected the asset disposal to bring new business opportunities and form partnerships to enhance its technological capabilities Innolux has already built fan-out panel-level packaging (PLP) capacity by converting a less-advanced 3.5-generation plant into one which would provide entry-level chip packaging services for power management chips and radio frequency chips The company intends to collaborate with major foundry service providers to advance its chip packaging technology as it looks to pursue opportunities stemming from the AI business Innolux president James Yang (楊柱祥) said earlier this month Innolux expects the new chip packaging business to contribute significant revenue in the first quarter of next year April 3 (CNA) Aftershocks of around magnitude 4 are possible over the next three days following a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that struck Tainan in southern Taiwan at 11:47 a.m according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA) The epicenter of the earthquake was located 32.3 kilometers northeast of Tainan City Hall (Guantian District) at a depth of 7.3 km gauging the actual effect of a seismic event where it measured 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale director of the CWA's Seismological Center adding that future aftershocks are likely to be around magnitude 4 two Taiwan High Speed Rail trains were temporarily halted and inspections were undertaken while Taiwan Railways trains on the route between Dounan Station in Yunlin and Gangshan Station in Kaohsiung operated at reduced speeds A resident living on the seventh floor of Tainan's West Central District told CNA that he was about to go out for dinner when the earthquake alarm suddenly sounded on his cell phone The building he resides in then shook noticeably but the shaking lasted only for a few seconds and no items in the house fell or were damaged a magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattled Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 2:01 a.m The epicenter of the temblor was located 19.1 kilometers north from Hualien County Hall the shaking still woke up many residents in Hualien and memories of the strong earthquake a year ago resurfaced Thursday marks the first anniversary since one of the worst natural disasters in recent years -- a magnitude 7.2 earthquake -- which struck Hualien on April 3 AUO Corp (友達) yesterday said it has agreed to sell its idled manufacturing facility and land in Tainan to Micron Technology Inc for NT$7.4 billion (US$231.8 million) as the company shifts strategy to reduce the impact from the boom-and-bust flat-panel display industry The company expects to book NT$4.17 billion in disposal gains from the sale The Tainan factory produced color filters used in monitors notebook computers and flat-panel TVs before being shut down last year as AUO sought to optimize its asset utilization The company has been striving to diversify and broaden its business scope in the past few years to minimize the impact of the LCD industry’s volatility The company aims to boost sales contribution from its non-panel business to half of its total revenue by 2027 AUO chairman Paul Peng (彭双浪) said last month AUO also agreed to sell the facilities owned by its solar energy subsidiary AUO Crystal Corp (友達晶材) in Taichung for NT$700 million the flat panel maker said in a separate filing The deal would bring about NT$544 million in disposal gains for the company said in a statement yesterday that it plans to deploy new wafer testing capacity by converting AUO’s Tainan factory into a front-end wafer testing facility which would support its DRAM chip manufacturing expansions in Taichung and Taoyuan Market researcher Trendforce Corp (集邦科技) said the transaction with Micron would help AUO improve its overall financial structure this year AUO has been in the red for more than two years and reported net losses of NT$3.76 billion in the first half of this year Incident near Tainan caused no damage or injuries 2501TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – An Indigenous Defense Fighter jet fired off a flare by accident during a routine training flight near Tainan The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, the China Times reported Flares are used to interfere with incoming enemy missiles and prevent them from hitting the jet The accident did not cause any damage or injury and the jet immediately returned to base in Tainan without any further issues A team from the Air Force Command traveled to the base to investigate the incident two IDF jets had braking problems and a blown tire on separate occasions at Penghu’s Magong Airport Taiwan has been flying 129 Indigenous Defense Fighters since 1992 Taiwan jet fighter experiences brake problems during landing in Penghu China vents over F-16 fighter jet sales to Taiwan and Philippines Taiwan Brave Eagle training jets back in air after accident Taiwan receives 42nd Brave Eagle trainer jet Female officer sucked into Taiwan fighter jet engine Taiwan lawmakers question storage plans for MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones Taipei MRT reminds passengers of drinking water ban Taiwan dollar hits NT$29 per US dollar triggering currency exchange rush Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off east Taiwan Vietjet flight makes unscheduled landing in Taiwan Four Vietnamese residents found dead in northern Taiwan Central Bank steps in as Taiwan dollar posts strong single-day gain Taiwan ranked 2nd most innovative country in world US tech earnings spark Taiwan stock market rally Taiwan ranks 1st in Asia on World Press Freedom Index Rising Taiwan dollar over Trump tariffs has pros and cons 25 (CNA) A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the southern Taiwan city of Tainan at 7.49 p.m followed by another of magnitude 4.8 a minute later in the same area The epicenter of the bigger temblor was located 43.9 kilometers northeast of Tainan City Hall and the quake has occurred at a depth of 7.7 km Changhua County and Yunlin County where it measured a 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale the smaller earthquake occurred at 7:50 p.m with its epicenter located 42.6 km northeast of Tainan City Hall There were no immediate reports of damage resulting from the quakes Southern Taiwan has been shaken by several earthquakes in recent days starting with a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rocked a mountainous area near the Chiayi County-Tainan border on Jan The earthquakes on Saturday were categorized as aftershocks of the Chiayi quake Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) The Taiwan International Orchid Show incorporating the 2025 Asia Pacific Orchid Conference (APOC) will be held at the Taiwan Orchid Technology Park from March 8-23 chairperson of the Taiwan Orchid Growers Association told a Taipei news conference that the Orchid show would include a theme pavilion This year's event will be themed "Next 20," to mark APOC's return to Taiwan after 20 years He added that Tainan is an important industrial cluster for orchid cultivation and will continue to scale new heights in the next 20 years Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said that Taiwan holds one-third of the global market for moth orchids over half of which are cultivated in Tainan He added that the industry value is continuing to rise and that Taiwan will keep perfecting its skills as Southeast Asian countries and Western countries try to catch up The orchid show will be held in the Taiwan Orchid Technology Park in Tainan from March 8-23 As the opening day coincides with International Women's Day women visiting the show on the day will receive free admittance the 15th edition of the triennial APOC will also take place in Tainan from March 8-10 deputy head of the Agriculture and Food Agency said that the conference will have experts from overseas speaking about and discussing orchid cultivation as well as events such as floral arrangement competitions to help the public experience the beauty of orchids He said that orchid plantation is a highly competitive industry and the Ministry of Agriculture has been exploring hardware and software upgrades since taking over the Taiwan Orchid Technology Park The agency estimates that Taiwan cultivated 955 hectares of orchids in 2024 248 hectares of oncidiums (dancing doll orchids) and 100 hectares of cymbidiums (boat orchids) The overall output value totals around NT$6.4 billion (US$195.48 million) Tainan Dalpra will put his undefeated WNO record on the line when he takes on Rene Sousa at WNO 26 This middleweight tilt will be going down on February 7th in Dalpra's adopted home town of Costa Mesa CA and streamed exclusively on FloGrappling Dalpra made his black belt no-gi debut on WNO and has since run up a 3-0 record in the promotion he beat Jay Rodriguez in a hotly-contested bout by decision Tainan first rose to prominence for his excellent track record in the gi where he is a multiple-time IBJJF black belt world champion Dalpra trains and teaches at Art of Jiu-Jitsu Rene Sousa makes his return to the WNO stage and the 10th Planet black belt is known for his unorthodox style and scrappy attitude that he brings to every matchup This master of the buggy choke has a great guard and really underrated wrestling that make him a threat to anyone WNO 26 will be streamed on FloGrappling and the FloSports app. Match replays, highlights and breaking news will be on both platforms. 26 (CNA) A magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck in a mountainous area near the border between Tainan and Chiayi County at 7:38 a.m Sunday continued to keep the area on edge after having been shaken by earthquakes since early Tuesday about 41.3 kilometers east-northeast of Tainan City Hall It was one of 39 aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 or above accompanied by 73 aftershocks between magnitude 3.0 and 3.9 that have peppered the area since a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit nearby Dapu in Chiayi County early on Jan The possibility of the occurrence of an earthquake of magnitude 5 or above in the coming week could not be ruled out which would only deal another blow to an already hard-hit area Graphic: Central Weather AdministrationDue to the high frequency of the temblors the reported number of damaged houses in the Nanxi area alone has risen to 1,600 The Nanxi District disaster shelter has housed 84 people and is close to being full but the city said it will provide financial aid to help the evacuees rent temporary places to live There has been less damage reported on the Chiayi side despite the mainshock occurring there though there were reports of people being injured and hospitalized as well as damage to houses in the Dapu area Graphic: Central Weather AdministrationSunday's earthquake was also strong enough to bring two northbound high speed rail trains operating in Chiayi and Tainan to a temporary halt and later trains were operated at slower speeds while the line's operator checked for potential damage in higher risk areas The CWA attributed Sunday's quake to the convergence of the Philippine Sea plate and the Eurasian plate the two major tectonic plates that influence Taiwan and leave it vulnerable to earthquakes 7384TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Tainan City made it onto a list of 24 places in CNN’s “Where to go in 2024: The best places to visit,” published on Jan Tainan was the only Taiwanese city to make the list It was praised for being the “street food capital of Taiwan,” offering local specialties such as beef soup and oyster omelets CNN also mentioned “otherworldly natural landscapes” in Tainan such as the Tsao Shan Moon World (草山月世界) and “scenic sunsets over salt farms." It praised the local culture in Tainan such as the number of “colorful temples" and “cool new museums.” The Tainan City Government issued a press release following its inclusion in the CNN list. It was noted that Tainan City had also been listed on "The Cool List 2024, the 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024” by National Geographic “the city’s quadricentennial puts its intriguing heritage under the spotlight and offers a fresh reason to visit.” It added that “prawn-rich danzai noodle soup” and “coffin bread” are major draws along with unforgettable events like the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival CNN and National Geographic are bringing attention to Tainan’s 400th anniversary in 2024 The city has benefited from a surge in domestic and international tourism over the past two years It had the highest hotel occupancy rate in Taiwan Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said a special mention by CNN as a “place worth visiting in 2024” is tremendous for the municipal government and the citizens of Tainan He said he hopes that more visitors can experience the city’s delicious food Huang said that the government is committed to creating a tourism-friendly environment for international travelers He hopes that everyone visiting Tainan will be met with a friendly reception and the warm hospitality of local people CPC’s swappable battery stations debut in Tainan CNN Create promotes AI at DigiAsia in Taipei Tainan’s Yongkang Reclaimed Water Plant to increase supply Southern Taiwan pheasant-tailed jacana population holds steady Interior ministry approves Tainan desalination plant Premier12 champions Team Taiwan are to lead a parade in Tainan on Tuesday Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) announced in a Facebook post yesterday As part of the events celebrating Taiwan’s win at the Premier12 baseball championship Team Taiwan would hold more parades around Taiwan following the one held in Taipei on Tuesday last week which is being co-organized by the Tainan City Government and the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions is scheduled to depart from the gate of the city government building on Nandao Road Photo: Screen grab from Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che’s Facebook page The parade would then travel along Jianping Yonghua and Sialin roads before terminating at the Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium on Jiankang Road A fan meetup would be held inside the stadium after the parade with participants allowed to enter the venue from 3pm Huang yesterday urged baseball fans to join the parade with written slogans and get prepared to cheer for Taiwan’s baseball heroes He also suggested that those who cannot attend in person could watch the livestream of the event on his Facebook page The parade would be led by Team Taiwan manager Lin Yueh-ping (林岳平) and head coach Kao Chih-kang (高志綱) Chiu Chih-cheng (邱智呈) and Pan Chieh-kai (潘傑楷) to share the glory of the championship with everyone Some people online expressed excitement about the event while others complained about the inconvenience of work or traffic congestion Some also cited the example of Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani in the victory parade that the Los Angeles Dodgers held in Los Angeles earlier this month suggesting the organizers should invite the team’s family members to join the parade the Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir (TPCC) also rejoiced in Team Taiwan’s Premier12 victory by unexpectedly singing a rendition of the fan chant Taiwan the Strongest (台灣尚勇) on stage during a concert “The Re-creations and their Origins,” was held at the National Concert Hall on Thursday The choir performed the fan chant as an encore which contrasted with their usual solemn presence when singing classical songs earning enthusiastic applause and cheering from the audience The video of the performance went viral online later on with some people commenting that “this is Taiwan the Strongest sung perfectly on pitch for the first time.” TPCC music director John Ku (古育仲) yesterday said the choir decided to perform the fan chant on stage when they learned of Team Taiwan’s victory in the final game during the choir’s last rehearsal on Sunday last week the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Ensemble expressed support for Team Taiwan by mobilizing nearly 200 people to produce and record an orchestra version of the fan chant within 24 hours after Team Taiwan advanced to the championship game on Saturday last week This year’s Asia Pacific Orchid Conference and Taiwan International Orchid Show are to run from March 8 to 23 at the Taiwan Orchid Technology Park in Tainan’s Houbi District (後壁) The conference host rotates between different member cities in the Asia-Pacific region every three years and is to return to Tainan for its 15th edition for the first time since 2004 The event is to coincide with the Taiwan International Orchid Show in Tainan's Sibei Township (溪北) Photo courtesy of the Tainan Tourism Bureau The joint event would not only showcase the diversity and conservation of orchids the chinaberry tree and the pink trumpet tree would also be in bloom welcoming flower enthusiasts to visit Tainan to experience the beauty of this year’s blossom season The event would also display innovative floriculture designs and host lectures from experts networking events and interactive experiences with the main event at Taiwan Orchid Technology Park the Arwin Therapy Garden which opened last year and the century-old Yichang Rice Mill with its historic Jingliao Old Street are to serve as additional orchid display sites Ticketing information can be found on the event’s Web site The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a Ministry of Culture proposal to spend NT$1.4 billion (US$43.58 million) over four years to establish the National Tainan Art Museum and to research and promote the history of Taiwanese opera titled “Rebuilding Taiwanese Art History 2.0,” was proposed following the successful implementation of a seven-year project in which the government appropriated a special budget from 2018 to this year to rebuild the nation’s art history through a collaboration between private and government entities The project helped bring back from the US paintings by Taiwanese artists collected by Sun Ten Pharmaceutical Co founder Hsu Hong-yen (許鴻源) Photo courtesy of the Tainan City Museum of Fine Arts was rediscovered 50 years after it was lost and is on display at the Tokyo University of Arts repaired more than 8,000 and archived more than 90,000 documents adding that it has published 456 books and audiovisual works produced by Taiwanese artists More than 3.62 million people have viewed these exhibitions “We want to deepen collective efforts to rebuild the nation’s art history and fulfill President William Lai’s (賴清德) National Project of Hope by introducing the Rebuilding Taiwanese Art History 2.0 project,” Department of Art Development Director Chou Ya-ching (周雅菁) told a news conference after a Cabinet meeting in Taipei Aside from continuing to collect and research materials related to Taiwanese art the budget approved by the Executive Yuan yesterday would also be used to gather and study documents related to the history of Taiwanese operas and architecture The funds would also be used to prepare for the establishment of the National Tainan Art Museum exhibition and education of veteran Taiwanese artists A preparatory office for the museum would begin operations on March 25 next year The National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Tainan the National Taiwanese Opera Center in Kaohsiung and the Taiwan Music Institute and Taiwan Architecture Culture Center in Taipei are to continue efforts to preserve Taiwanese literature The ministry and the National Development Council would work together to ensure that information gathered through the project could be used for generative artificial intelligence applications and be available to the international community please first agree to the privacy policy below.Over 10 houses in Tainan's Nanxi District collapsed or partially collapsed following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck southern Taiwan Tuesday.Taipei 21 (CNA) Four people were injured and hospitalized after being rescued from collapsed or damaged houses in Tainan in southern Taiwan on Tuesday following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake and multiple aftershocks that hit the region early that morning The four individuals were among 11 residents rescued from six collapsed or severely damaged homes in a residential area consisting of single-story houses in Tainan's Nanxi District The remaining evacuees were temporarily sheltered outdoors near the area Bureau officials said they received a report of house collapses on Minzu Road at 12:19 a.m and immediately dispatched rescue teams to the site Over 10 single-story houses in the area had collapsed or partially collapsed A quake-damaged house in Tainan's Nanxi District.One woman said she had lived in Nanxi her whole life but had never experienced such a strong earthquake and she barely had time to escape to safety Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) visited the area Tuesday and promised to provide warm clothing hot meals and other assistance to the affected residents Asia’s biggest semiconductor equipment supplier yesterday launched a NT$2 billion (US$61.5 million) operations center in Tainan as it aims to expand capacity and meet growing demand Its new Taiwan Operations Center is expected to help customers release their products faster boost production efficiency and shorten equipment repair time in a cost-effective way The center is about a five-minute drive from the factories of its major customers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC 台積電) advanced 3-nanometer and 2-nanometer fabs The operations center would have about 1,000 employees when it is fully utilized who oversees advanced technology and mask engineering along with United Microelectronics Co (聯電) and Winbond Electronics Corp (華邦電) representatives “With the opening of this operations center we aim to expand our scale to cope with the ongoing growth of the Taiwanese market we hope to shorten the product repairing time cycle and to broaden the supply chain,” Tokyo Electron Taiwan Ltd chairman Hikaru Ito said at the ceremony The six-floor facility is comprised of a repair center and a testing lab to provide customers with one-stop services as Taiwan plays a key role in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry Tokyo Electron Taiwan president Roger Chang (張天豪) said the company can help fix vacuum transpiration robotic arms used in semiconductor equipment for customers in Taiwan it took about seven months to complete the whole repair process in Japan The new repair center would also help customers fix damaged ovens used in lithography equipment The company is mulling to build a more resilient supply chain in Taiwan through sourcing key parts locally adding that it has a shortlist of potential suppliers Taiwan has become the fourth-biggest market for the company accounting for 13.3 percent of its total revenue in the second quarter The new operations center demonstrates the close partnership between Taiwan and Japan in the semiconductor field 22 (CNA) A series of earthquakes struck the southern Taiwan city of Tainan on Friday evening The epicenter of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake which measures the actual effects of a seismic event where it registered 5- on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale The earthquake also registered a 4 in Chiayi and Yunlin counties Source: www.cwa.gov.tw/The magnitude 5.4 quake was preceded by two smaller earthquakes of magnitudes 4.0 and 3.0 at 6:45 p.m Three more earthquakes followed later in the evening: a magnitude 3.5 temblor at 8:43 p.m. and another magnitude 3.5 temblor at 9:19 p.m There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries resulting from the quakes a technical specialist at the CWA's Seismological Center attributed the seismic activity to energy released westward due to the collision between the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate This energy caused ruptures in vulnerable areas warning that aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or stronger could occur over the next three days 1 (CNA) Tainan in southern Taiwan ranks fourth among the eight best Asian travel destinations selected by British magazine Time Out in a recent travel experts' guide to the best places to visit in Asia in 2025 Tainan is the sole Taiwanese city on the list made by editors and travel contributors the city government said in a press release issued on Wednesday Taiwan's oldest city and original capital -- also regarded as the county's foodie capital -- as a warm-weather southern gem In addition to having a taste of the local favorite douhua (tofu pudding) Time Out recommended visitors head to Anping Tree House a sprawling banyan tree that has taken over a colonial-era Japanese warehouse and created a surreal blend of nature and architecture with a root system large enough to walk through The magazine also suggests visitors do not miss the Tainan International Dragon Boat Championships from May 30-31 calling the event a reflection of Tainan's "perfect blend of tradition and riverside fun," it said This is not the first time that Tainan has been chosen by international travel organizations as a place to visit both CNN Travel and National Geographic Traveller (UK) chose Tainan on their respective lists "Where to go in 2024: The best places to visit," and "The Cool List 2024: the 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024." As Tainan just marked its 400th anniversary with the Tainan 400 series ending at the end of December including the Agricultural and Fishing Art Festival will run at various venues across the city until April 30 28 (CNA) The Tainan District Prosecutors Office on Friday said it is investigating a case involving a teenage student who died earlier this week due to alleged bullying at school A preliminary examination has been carried out but an autopsy will not be conducted to determine the exact cause of death until next week no obvious external trauma was found on the deceased junior high school student The incident only came to light on Thursday after the boy's mother posted on Facebook saying her son passed away on Feb 24 and a subsequent blood test conducted by a hospital found "signs of poisoning from a toxic substance." The mother also claimed that some students have said her son was bullied for a long time and even taken to the restroom by another classmates who allegedly force-fed him illicit drugs the school principal said the student had been off school since Feb 20 due to being unwell and he only later learned from his parents that he later died at hospital the parents have asked the school to investigate the alleged bullying Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) demanded that the incident be thoroughly investigated stressing that there is zero tolerance for drugs on school campuses Two students implicated in the case have undergone several urine tests for illicit drugs but those came back negative March 27 (CNA) The first-ever field exercise organized under the Presidential Office's civil defense committee was held in Tainan on Thursday with around 1,500 people from the public and private sectors participating in an emergency rescue and response operation The drill was carried out based on a scenario in which an explosion occurs near the tourist service center at Anping Harbor with an estimated 200 casualties at the scene Medical staff take part in the first-ever field exercise organized under the Presidential Office's civil defense committee and held in Tainan on Thursday the drill was meant to test central and local government emergency response capabilities volunteer police under local police stations and fire departments to work alongside alternative service conscripts in the operation The drill was done without the participation of Taiwan's armed forces but military field hospital equipment was used on site as part of the emergency medical facilities President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) emphasized the importance of making preparations and building up Taiwan's resilience for natural disasters major accidents and "changes to geopolitical situations." Lai was joined in the inspection by Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) Director of the American Institute in Taiwan's (AIT) Taipei Main Office Raymond Greene The goal is to ensure Taiwan's security and achieve peace through demonstrating not just military but also civil defense capabilities March 14 (CNA) The Supreme Court has upheld guilty sentences given to six people involved in a submachine gun shooting that occurred during a local election campaign in Tainan in late 2022 In backing lower court verdicts on Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled that it found no fault or discrepancies in the lower court's ruling Its verdict is final and cannot be appealed The individuals included Hung Cheng-chun (洪政軍) Based on information provided by a court document Hung was given a 10-year prison sentence for illegally possessing a sub-machine gun and going abroad despite being prohibited from doing so while Kung got eight years for committing the shootings and two others each received jail sentences ranging from five to six months when Kung conducted two attacks targeting properties owned by former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Central Executive Committee member Kuo Tsai-chin (郭再欽) and former independent Tainan City Councilor Hsieh Tsai-wang (謝財旺) Kung first fired 58 shots at a business owned by Kuo and then fired another 30 shots at the campaign headquarters of Hsieh's daughter who was a DPP candidate for Tainan City Council in the Nov Neither location was occupied at the time of the shootings and the attacks did not result in any injuries who was directly involved in arranging the shootings who was recruited by Hung as the triggerman both fled to China's Fujian province in November 2022 They were arrested by Chinese police on Jan 2023 and repatriated to Taiwan in February that same year chairman of Ciji Temple in Tainan's Syuejia District but the court acquitted him of the charge because of insufficient evidence Wang was given a light sentence for the crime of harboring a fugitive and help him change clothes after the shooting The involved suspects were indicted by Tainan prosecutors in April 2023 with the first trial heard by the Tainan District Court in February 2024 the case was later reviewed by the Taiwan High Court's Tainan branch in November 2024 The dates of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025 presented by RAXUS have been confirmed with Tainan (TPE) hosting the tournament from July 25 to August 3 at the Asia Pacific International Baseball Stadium the only U-12 purpose-built venue worldwide The WBSC is also pleased to announce RAXUS as the presenting sponsor for the tournament The WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup has called the Asia Pacific International Baseball Stadium home since the venue was inaugurated in 2019 Tainan also hosted the U-12 Baseball World Cup 2017 and has earned hosting rights for the 2027 edition Taipei was the host city of the 2011 and 2013 editions The qualifying process for the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025 presented by RAXUS started with the U-12 European Championship in July will represent Europe in the VIII WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup The WBSC Americas Qualifying Tournament qualified No Eight National Teams will participate in the XI BFA U-12 Asia Championship from November 23 to 29 in Matsuyama and Imabari The three teams stepping on the podium will advance to next year's World Cup WBSC Africa and WBSC Oceania will both qualify one team The WBSC Executive Board will award a Wild Card to the 12th participant World No. 5 United States are the defending U-12 Baseball World Champions 2 (tied with Mexico) Chinese Taipei is the only other winner They also claimed four silver and a bronze medal Four more countries have medalled in the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 4 Venezuela has one silver and two bronze medals Sitemap Media Data Protection Contacts Avenue Général-Guisan, 45 CH-1009 Pully | Switzerland The WBSC is recognised as the sole competent authority in Baseball and Softball by the International Olympic Committee A plaque from President William Lai (賴清德) has been delivered to Tainan’s Confucius Temple and would be unveiled in a ceremony in November Lai’s plaque would be the 16th to grace the temple’s eaves alongside plaques from Qing Dynasty emperors and Taiwan’s presidents rulers and presidents have observed the tradition of presenting the temple with plaques honoring Confucius’ ideals to teach everyone The temple’s Da Cheng Hall houses all the plaques given to the temple since Emperor Kangxi (康熙) of the Qing Dynasty from 1683 except for the plaque of Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi Tainan Confucius Temple Culture Foundation director Shih Mu-min (石牧民) said Xuan Tong ascended the throne in 1909 after the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki ceded Taiwan to Japan He was the final emperor of the Qing Dynasty as they were only preserved thanks to the Fang (方) family who had moved them to rural areas before the bombing of Tainan by the US Air Force during World War II The plaques from the Qing emperors were hung on the eaves over the center of the temple while the plaques from the various presidents were hung on either side The temple has eight plaques from Qing emperors — Kangxi the temple holds plaques from former presidents Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) the plaque from the current president was always placed in the upper right corner from the vantage point of the cartouche representing Confucius in the temple’s center was considered the “dragon side” (龍邊) by feng shui principles The Tainan District Prosecutors’ Office today said several places associated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) were searched after it received complaints of forged recall petition signatures from two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers The KMT Tainan City Branch was among the locations searched along with the residence of an individual surnamed Chuang (莊) where prosecutors seized party membership lists cell phones and other evidence while summoning five suspects and related individuals This comes amid a wave of recall campaigns targeting mostly KMT national and local officials Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) and Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) were among legislators who the DPP said had constituents whose signatures had been forged on recall petitions Both lawmakers then sought prosecution on behalf of their constituents During the review of the first stage of the recall petitions the Tainan Election Commission found more than 3,000 questionable petition signatures victims of identity fraud and individuals residing outside the electoral district Wang appointed a lawyer to file a legal complaint questioning the origins of 2,000 suspicious signatures after there was no public recall campaign in his district Investigators will compare the materials seized today and question relevant individuals to determine whether laws have been violated The search was no different from the “martial law era,” the KMT said in a statement today in response The party intends to maintain its support for all its members in the face of persecution by the DPP Today’s search was a sign that the KMT and its supporters are to be unfairly targeted adding that DPP recall petitions have not faced the same scrutiny The DPP is trying to cause political chaos and pursue partisan justice March 22 (CNA) A woman was killed after a fire broke out in an industrial zone in Tainan's Yongkang District early Saturday morning The bureau received a report of the fire in Asia-Pacific Industrial Zone on Zhongzheng Road at 2:11 a.m. Firefighters who arrived at the scene quickly learned that a woman was trapped inside a building's second floor and immediately began putting out the blaze using water hoses The victim was later found dead at the site Preliminary investigations by police and firefighters identified the deceased as a 76-year-old woman As the industrial zone consisted of several standalone buildings that are connected to each other adding that the burned area amounted to approximately 2,000 square meters A total of 115 firefighters were deployed to tackle the fire which was eventually extinguished at 5:55 a.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation 28 (CNA) A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Tainan City The epicenter of the temblor was located 39.5 kilometers east northeast of Tainan County Hall where it measured a 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale March 5 (CNA) The government is planning to hold a small-scale exercise in Tainan on March 27 to assess Taiwan's civil defense and disaster prevention preparedness the official said the planned exercise will be aimed at examining civilians' ability to find air raid shelters and other cover in times of emergency The planned exercise will also involve familiarizing people with government policies on civil defense and helping the public prepare emergency kits and other tools the planned exercise is aimed at equipping people with the ability to respond to high-intensity conflicts natural disasters and other pressing scenarios It will build on last year's unscripted tabletop exercises at the Presidential Office in which officials and experts simulated responses to "gray-zone operations" -- coercive actions shy of armed conflict -- and emergencies in which Taiwan is on "the verge of conflict" with China The official said that following the Tainan drill The series of exercises will culminate in the military's annual Han Kuang drills 4 (CNA) Five suspects have been detained by prosecutors in Yunlin County after they were arrested during a raid on a nearly 3-hectare cannabis cultivation area in the mountains of Tainan on Monday a task force in charge of the case mobilized dozens of police officers and military police and launched a raid of the site at dawn on Monday cracking down on the cannabis cultivation site and cannabis factories,members of the Yunlin County Police Bureau said at a press conference They confiscated 1,766 cannabis plants and cultivation and drug-making equipment and arrested a suspect surnamed Tsai (蔡) and four other members of the suspected drug making ring Police estimated that the market value of the cannabis plants and products seized was in excess of NT$1 billion (US$30.9 million) the case was handed over to the Yunlin District Prosecutors Office for further investigation to detain the five suspects and hold them incommunicado the Yunlin District Court ruled that the suspects were believed to have committed a felony in violating the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and the Organized Crime Prevention Act and were considered to be a flight risk Members of the county police bureau said at the press conference that they received information in May this year that Tsai and others wanted to find land to grow marijuana and the use of various technological investigation tools it was confirmed that the suspects had set up a greenhouse in a remote mountainous area of Tainan to grow the crop The Yunlin police then formed a task force with the Yujing Branch of the Tainan City Police Department and multiple military police units and reported to the Yunlin District Prosecutors Office to direct the investigation That culminated in the raid on the mountain site on Monday When Tainan Dalpra announced his plans to transition to no-gi competition it was one of the biggest stories in jiu-jitsu The two-time IBJJF World Champion had mowed through the gi scene and was left with few challenges as the middleweight king he has gone 2-0 in no-gi matches with both coming at WNO One of the biggest questions about Tainan's transition was how he would handle the wrestling and stand up fighting in no-gi he was known primarily as a guard puller who would be most interested in getting the fight down and getting to work as soon as possible How would he adapt to this new skill that he had very little competition experience in The answer so far is that it has been a success There are still some areas that could be cleaned up but overall Dalpra has shown a lot of skill on the feet while facing Troy Russell and Oliver Taza with about half of that happening on the feet he is 4-0 in takedowns - meaning he is averaging one takedown roughly every 2:30 minutes and still hasn't surrendered one of his own Tainan has adopted a very upright posture with his shoulders bent forward and elbows tight to his body Through two matches he has marched forward with a lot of pressure into the opponent primarily controlling hands but also digging into collar ties It's a very hybrid stance between judo and wrestling He will drag that arm across and set up single leg entries or trips he will take simple trip attempts at the moving feet What's been especially impressive have been his takedown finishes he entered in on a single leg and pretty quickly finished with a change of momentum using a cutback-like motion to secure top position right into side control for his first takedown he went to build to the hips in the same way but was denied - so instead he transitioned right away to elevating the leg and tripping down for a finish Throughout that Taza match especially he showed a variety of finishes to leg attacks that belied his experience on the feet at this level There are still some areas that could be cleaned up more like trying to shoot in bad positions and certain moments where Tainan's own forward pressure is costing him some balance Coming into this next match with Jay Rodriguez we will likely see this one key area tested - his takedown defense Intuitive takedown defense typically takes longer for most grapplers to build because of how quickly positions can change in a wrestling scramble Only when you fully understand the position can you be ahead of the sequence and defend with the fluidity that we see from experienced wrestlers Tainan was primarily trying to pull up any shots into an upper body clinch where he could use the overhook to throw He tried uchi mata and kata garuma from this position but couldn't capitalize he was still very upright while he fished for the overhook Something that Tainan does do well is counter-attack often following up his opponent's shot with his own reshot that is more open as a result If these habits still persist against Jay Rod Tainan has shown some really serious skills for this far along in his no-gi career so we can expect that rate of improvement to have continued How he enters this match is anyone's guess - and you'll have to tune into WNO 24: Ryan vs Saunders on June 20th to find out Tucked down a quiet alleyway in the bustling West Central District of Tainan City there is a place to take it slow and enjoy some public art installations Take your time ambling through this peaceful tribute to local writer Yeh Shih Tao He lived on this street before his death in 2008 In Yeh's book The Past is Like a Cloud he refers to a "Snail Street" in the neighborhood this real-life interpretation is more literal than simply accommodating life at a snail's pace. Along the alley Some are bright and colorful while others are subtle and almost hidden But one thing they all have in common is that they represent our favorite shell-bearing gastropods.  looking for all the hidden snails that have clambered up Look for the strange handpainted bookcase on the street as a clue for where to enter the alleyway from the main road A fantastical glow-in-the-dark mural inspired by the city’s most famous writer Hidden in plain sight inside this church is a pulpit that was occasionally used by the author of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ The only monument in Slovenia celebrating the famous writer who stayed there for one night entirely by mistake Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation In an unassuming corner of the city hall sits the restored study of a local author After playing in this house and its gardens as a child Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan The "horrid little piggy house" of one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers The Russian author's writing desk remains inside the house where he spent part of his Siberian exile March 3 (CNA) An autopsy conducted on a 13-year-old boy who died last week following alleged school bullying found no signs of external force though the results of a toxicology report are still pending Officials from the Tainan District Prosecutors Office and a specialist from the Ministry of Justice's Institute of Forensic Medicine conducted the autopsy Monday morning at a mortuary in Tainan's South District deputy chief prosecutor Tsai Tsung-sheng (蔡宗聖) told CNA that they had made a preliminary determination that no suspicious or external force was involved in the boy's death As for the possibility of a toxic reaction the forensic specialist took samples of the boy's hair and blood adding that the cause of death will only be confirmed after the results came back The case in question came to light last on Feb 27 after the boy's mother posted on Facebook that her son had died on Feb The mother also claimed that some students have said her son was bullied for a long time and even taken to the restroom by other classmates who allegedly force-fed him drug-laced coffee powder the school principal said the student had not gone to school since Feb Two students suspected of involvement in the case also underwent several urine tests for illicit drugs the Tainan City government published a timeline of events leading up to the boy's death based on records from Houbi Junior High School had been diagnosed and begun taking medication for ADHD in early January after being referred for behavioral issues at school Lin got into an argument with a female classmate confronted and threatened him in the bathroom Yang received a warning after the incident but both he and the female student were later accused of bullying Lin by his family and the school recommended that he immediately seek medical attention He was also referred to a guidance counselor 17 and 18 in a state of severe emotional distress He was taken to see a doctor by his grandmother on Feb and had also been scheduled for a follow-up appointment on Feb Lin was taken to the hospital at around 3 a.m