Between January and May, there were 297 sexual assaults in Taipei City, over 50 percent of which were incidents involving minors, according to statistics released yesterday by the Taipei City Government's Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Center (DVPC).

The Taipei City Government recently refurnished the Shuanglien traditional market into a youth hostel for backpackers in Taiwan.

A teenage girl and her boyfriend wanted in connection with a suspected arson in New Taipei ended a police manhunt started three days ago by turning themselves in to police yesterday.

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei city councilors in the Twin Towers investigation task force yesterday lashed out at Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) for his absence from Monday's questioning session at Taipei City Council.

In light of nearly 70 percent of housing buildings in Taipei being 30 years old or more, the city government yesterday announced that the city will introduce a free “health check” program in 2014 for old apartments.

The Taipei City Market Administration Office (MAO) yesterday announced that according to a recent survey the most recommended Taipei night market for foreign tourists is Raohe Street Night Market (饒河夜市).

A cyclist surnamed Luo recently rode over 15 hours from Taichung to the highest point of any road in Taiwan — Wuling (武嶺) in Nantou County — all with a bicycle from Taipei's YouBike system.

New Taipei authorities yesterday launched a hunt to track down a teenager and her boyfriend after a suspected arson attack left four people injured.

A footbridge at a train station in Keelung collapsed yesterday, disrupting railway services and inflicting minor injuries to one woman.

The collapse of an old footbridge at a Keelung train station has raised concern over possible structural problems with a nearby bridge that serves heavy traffic across the railway tracks daily.