Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu visited a funeral parlor in Miaoli County yesterday to console the family of a conscript who died in a car accident a day earlier.

A policewoman who killed herself Tuesday night did not do so for financial reasons but was due to a forced relationship with a married senior colleague, the mother of the deceased officer said yesterday.

Police raided a facility producing pirated discs in Miaoli County Sunday, arresting the suspected head of the operation and seizing more than 300 disc burners and 100,000 copied discs.

The old CK124 steam engine sounded its horn at Sanyi Railway Station in Miaoli County yesterday, signaling to the train's 300 passengers and other train aficionados around the country that service on a historic railway line in Taiwan had resumed.

Miaoli County police yesterday morning arrested a suspect who fell asleep inside a car after he had allegedly disconnected the car audio equipment, local media reported yesterday.

Light drizzle failed to dampen the upbeat atmosphere at the 2010 Miaoli Hakka Tung Blossom Festival's opening ceremony concert on Saturday, featuring diverse performances by various popular artists.

A 45-year-old woman living in Miaoli County who died two days ago is suspected of having died from botulism growing on dried bean curd or preserved oysters that she had eaten, Department of Health (DOH) officials said Friday.

Radka Vodickova, a triathlon athlete from the Czech Republic, won the women's race at the Miaoli Triathlon yesterday with a time of 1:52:48.

Miaoli County will soon begin building an elementary school that will focus on teaching students about martial arts, county officials said yesterday.

Taiwan's semi-professional basketball league will open its new season Sunday in the central city of Miaoli, looking to retain fans' interest in the absence of several big-name players who have opted to play in China.