Wealth inequality has grown sharply in Taiwan over the past three decades, government data show.

Troubled waters.

The Philippines says China's coast guard damaged one of its ships with water cannons at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

'Aid, not bombs.'

Taiwanese civic groups have formed a coalition calling on their government to end its arms ties with Israel and to redirect aid to Palestine.

A survey by Taiwan's health ministry says 30% of men and 4.6% of women smoke at work, leading to 28% of people being exposed to second-hand smoke at the office.

Hualien officials are warning earthquake victims to be wary of real estate scams as people trying to buy up damaged properties on the cheap.

Taipei has rejected Beijing’s plan to host a commemorative event for the 100th anniversary of the Whampoa Military Academy.

No more coal (in the G7 countries) by 2035.

Activists protested outside the bloc's ministers' meeting in Italy, saying its members need to decarbonize their economies as soon as possible.

A wave of record-hot weather is gripping south and southeast Asia.

Chinese ships have fired water cannons at Philippine resupply ships in the South China Sea as the Philippines and the U.S. carry out major joint military drills.

A school in India run by exiled Tibetans has passed on Tibetan language and culture to tens of thousands since it was first set up by the Dalai Lama in 1960.

Understaffed and underpaid.

Medical workers in Chiayi City are protesting what they call an insufficient raise in wages.

Lawmakers in Taiwan are seeking to establish a new law to protect the rights and interests of immigrants as the number of new residents and their children in the country has surpassed one million.

The Houtong Cat Village in New Taipei has chosen a ginger cat called “Dorayaki” as the head of its new Cat Public Office.

The new director was chosen because of his serious face.

Designer Justin Chou takes his latest Olympic uniform design for Taiwan in some unexpected directions.

Taiwan's health ministry says two people have died from multiple organ failure, raising the death toll to four in a Taipei restaurant food poisoning scandal.