An hot air balloon festival that attracted 880,000 visitors last year got off the ground in Taitung County on Saturday, with 20 balloons from different countries participating.

A hot air balloon featuring the global smash-hit computer game Angry Birds will make its world debut in eastern Taiwan at a hot air balloon festival, the event organizers said yesterday.

A flyover featuring military aircraft and a skydiving show performed by paratroopers were staged yesterday in Taitung City as part of a rehearsal for an upcoming air base open house event.

A Taitung-based fraud ring was busted yesterday, according to the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB).

A Taiwanese hot air balloon carrying Taitung Magistrate Justin Huang (黃健庭) took off Wednesday 7:20 a.m. local time in Australia's capital city Canberra as part of the Southern Hemisphere's largest ballooning festival.

A court in southeastern Taitung County has ruled that an aboriginal resident violated no rules after he was charged with alleged illegal possession of a rifle.

Taichung Mayor Jason Hu directed government agencies in his city Monday to tighten their management of local child caregivers after two infants died under the watch of a nanny in Hsinchu County on Saturday.

Heavy north-easterly winds yesterday halted nautical traffic between Taitung and Green Island, trapping over 1,000 travelers, local ship companies said.

A woman allegedly emailed a threat to an airline yesterday because her husband did not inform her about his trip to Macau in advance, according to the Aviation Police Office (APO).

Taitung County's Miramar Development Project (美麗灣開發案) passed its environmental impact assessment (EIA) with conditions, the Taitung County Government announced yesterday.