A Thai worker was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of killing his Taiwanese girlfriend, a newspaper reported yesterday.

A group of youths from the indigenous Tsou tribe sped off yesterday on a 15-day cycling trip around the island to realize a dream.

Alishan, one of Taiwan's most popular tourist attractions, saw an increase in visitor numbers on the first weekend since last year that large tour buses were allowed to use the area's main highway, which was damaged last August, officials said Monday.

A 75-year-old man attempted to commit suicide during a confrontation with police who came to arrest him in connection with an arson attack that left three people dead and another injured in Chiayi, officials said yesterday.

The government will do its best to fix all 41 sections of the Alishan (Mt. Ali) alpine railway that were damaged during Typhoon Morakot last year, and is hoping to resume full service on the line before the end of 2011, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said yesterday.

Agents of Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) and local police in Chiayi County have zeroed in on a certain suspect who allegedly set fire in an arson that killed three people and injured another of a same family early yesterday morning.

A total of 269 goats were culled Wednesday over fears of goat pox virus (GPV) at a farm in Chiayi City, southern Taiwan, animal health officials said yesterday.

An elementary school in Chiayi County is going into the green energy business after an alumnus in the high-tech field donated a solar power plant to help the school generate a sustainable income stream in the future.

Two elementary schools in Alishan, Chiayi County, are to offer students overnight accommodation for safety concerns in the upcoming rainy season, local media reported yesterday.

The government of southern Taiwan's Chiayi County launched a “Save Alishan Drive” Wednesday with the aim of increasing the number of tourists to Alishan — once Taiwan's most popular tourist destination but presently suffering a decline — to 1 million people per year.