A Canadian man was arrested yesterday for drug-trafficking and growing marijuana in his residence in Taichung.

Over 300 indigenous residents in southern Kaohsiung County, whose houses were destroyed by floods and mudslides caused by the devastating Typhoon Morakot in early August, yesterday gathered on the square in front of the Kaohsiung County Government, calling for the county government to send them back to their villages.

You don't usually hear building management committee and construction businesses mentioned in a ghost story.

Without taekwondo or karate, a young woman successfully outsmarted an alleged sexual violator who broke into her room, local media reported yesterday.

A schoolmaster busted while browsing pornographic sites on a computer during work hours said he was set up.

A human rights education center opened in the southern port city of Kaohsiung yesterday, with Mayor Chen Chu and her savior 30 years ago jointly officiating at a ceremony to mark its inauguration.

Global warming has taken a serious toll on Taiwan's ecology as the type and amount of algae growing under the sea in waters off southern Taiwan's Kenting National Park and the island's northeastern region have largely perished, an expert warned yesterday.

A factory at Jhongli City yesterday was charged with committing a fraud, for allegedly selling industrial salt as edible salt to markets and shops.

A man won a big lotto jackpot of NT$206 million (US$6.4 million) earlier this month and shared NT$10 million with his girlfriend for dreaming two of the winning numbers, according to the Apple Daily News.

The Council of Agriculture (COA) promised yesterday to purchase rice at guaranteed prices from Tainan County farmers whose paddies were found to be contaminated with heavy metals and are therefore having difficulty selling their crops.