A group of Hong Kong activists protested outside the Philippine consulate office Thursday against a standoff near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, reiterating China's sovereignty claim over the reef since the 1200s in a monthlong territorial row with the Philippines.

A senior ruling party representative of Taiwan said yesterday that the government is using President Ma Ying-jeou's “one country, two areas” concept in its efforts to improve cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

Taiwan-native Major League pitcher Chien-Ming Wang made an official apology to the public Tuesday for having an extramarital affair after a Taiwanese newspaper ran a front-page story the same day exposing the scandal.

President Ma Ying-jeou's apology to the people is not enough, said former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen at a mass protest, one day ahead of Ma's second inauguration.

Approximately 20 percent of working mothers in Taiwan regret having children, after experiencing the challenges of motherhood, according to the results of a survey released yesterday ahead of Mother's Day.

A collision between two buses in the 12.9-kilometer Hsuehshan Tunnel in northeastern Taiwan on yesterday caused two deaths and injured more than 20 others, two seriously.

A small but intense crowd organized by the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU, 台灣團結聯盟) tossed eggs at President Ma Ying-jeou's portraits as he was sworn in for his second term yesterday.

The increasingly unpopular President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday summed up four major failures over his past four years in office, as thousands of people took to the streets in Taipei protesting some of the government's recent controversial moves.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU, 台聯) yesterday submitted a legislative motion to impeach President Ma Ying-jeou, even as DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) said that even if the motion doesn't pass it should deliver a “sharp wake-up call” to the president.

The office of former President Lee Teng-hui said Sunday that it is organizing three seminars in May and June on issues relating to Taiwan's economic development.