Mission
Taiwan News, established in 1949 is the first English newspaper in Taiwan. Taiwan News is well accepted in both Mandarin-speaking and English-speaking sectors. Taiwan News is the “Voice of the people, Bridge to the world.”
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Taiwan issued a volcano warning for some residents of Taipei’s Beitou District Tuesday morning (Dec. 29) in the country's first drill.
Taiwan must improve its water management as one of the ways to minimize the risk of heavy economic losses from frequent severe natural disasters such as drought, flood and typhoons, said the country's water resource chief, Yang Wei-fu...
'With the help of this system, we’ll be able to attain an average of 10 seconds' extra warning if earthquakes hit off the east coast, and an extra 10 minutes to issue tsunami warnings,' said Kuo Kai-wen, director of the Seismology Centre...
A study published Thursday by a policy group that advises the Canadian government calls on Ottawa to invest more in generating and disseminating research and detailed analysis to help communities adapt to climate change to try to avoid some of the added costs...
After Typhoon Morakot hit southern Taiwan in August, Legislative Yuan analyses the deficiencies of Taiwan's disaster relief mechanism and takes stock of the experience of Japan in disaster prevention...
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has emphasized the need to address future prevention before rescue, 'calling for improvements to flood prevention safety and construction techniques' according to the Taiwan News...
Voluntary Commitments
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