The Veterans Affairs Commission (VAC) clarified yesterday that its Cingjing Veterans Farm did not jack up admission costs, but it promised to review the ticket price structure as early as possible to clear the misunderstanding.

Three persons were killed and three were injured after a gravel truck's driver lost control and slammed into two vehicles on National Freeway No. 6 yesterday morning. The truck driver suffered minor injuries, said police.

Mount Yushan, Taiwan's highest peak, was sealed off yesterday to give the mountain a month-long respite from human encroachment and ensure its sustainability.

The cold weather attracted many people into mountains to enjoy snowy holidays, but a hiker was found dead due to hypothermia in Nantou County yesterday.

The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday suspended the rights of lawmaker, Lawrence Gao, as a party member for a period of six months for accepting a NT$500,000 political contribution.

A cable car system that will provide an aerial link between two popular tourist destinations in central Taiwan — Sun Moon Lake and the nearby Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village amusement park — will open to the public today, the amusement park administration said yesterday.

A woman has been arrested in central Taiwan for allegedly murdering her husband and mother-in-law in an over NT$15 million insurance fraud scheme to help pay off her huge gambling debts, police said yesterday.

A drug company whose anti-balding medication caused a man's hair to turn grey and even transparent, and the store that sold the pills to the man were ordered by the Supreme Court yesterday to pay the victim NT$150,000, local media reported.

The Chung Hsing New Village in central Taiwan's Nantou County, once the seat of the Taiwan provincial government, will in 10 years be transformed into a research park that will generate an annual output value of NT$29.5 billion (US$911 million), the park's administration said Saturday.

The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)is scheduled to take disciplinary action next Wednesday against a local party official for making unfavorable remarks about Lee Wen-chung, the DPP's candidate in December's Nantou County magistrate election at a press conference held Friday by a supporter of Lee's election rival.