New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) said the parking lot development project at Jiangcui Junior High School (江翠國中) was decided through city council discussions over the past seven years, adding that the construction is legitimate.

Fun Travel in Taipei, a bilingual mobile app which provides instant transportation information for Taipei City, launched a new tourist attraction map function for Android smartphones, the city said yesterday.

Taipei City Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) yesterday pressed charges against Next Magazine over an article implying that he was involved in the controversial Twin Towers development project.

Clashes broke out yesterday at Jiangcui Junior High School (江翠國中) when police attempted to remove a tree-sitting activist.

Taipei City has geared up efforts to tackle a potential H7N9 avian flu outbreak, preparing the isolation rooms at a hospital that helped win the hard-fought battle against SARS a decade ago, health officials said yesterday.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise Saturday paid a whirlwind visit to a local restaurant and learned how to make its featured fare of xiaolongbao, or small steamed buns.

The Taipei Literature Festival this year will feature a number of films adapted from literary works to help audiences rediscover the beauty of words through images, the organizers said recently.

Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. and the Taipei City Government unveiled a project Tuesday that will make cloud services accessible to citizens and businesses in Taipei.

The manager of “Murder Cafe” may have killed for her two victims' jewelry, according to Chinese-language media outlets.

Welcome Taipei International Club's International Cooking Demonstration Group held their Taiwanese culinary event at Taipei 101's Shin Yeh restaurant recently, sharing local cuisine with foreigners in Taiwan.