A 0.86-meter breach in the cut-off walls between the main dam of Hushan Dam in Yunlin Country, Central Taiwan, and a sub-dam on the left bank was recently discovered, but experts yesterday urged the public not to panic as the issue can be easily resolved.

A blaze broke out at a bisphenol A (BPA) plant in the Formosa Plastics Group's petrochemical complex in Yunlin County early Thursday morning, but no casualties were reported.

Yunlin County Magistrate Su Chih-fen and about 50 business and industry leaders have jointly invited people and cyclists from around the nation to plant trees along the Zhuoshui River and take part in a large-scale banquet on May 5 to honor Mother Nature and improve the natural environment in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Shilo Bridge spanning the river.

Despite the severe destruction brought by a powerful earthquake in 1999 and mudslides by subsequent typhoons, Gukeng Township in Taiwan's rural Yunlin County has gotten back on its feet by reviving its coffee industry.

Prosecutors yesterday questioned a man in Yunlin County for the death of his 4-year-old son, who the man said might be been killed by another of his sons, aged 6.

Yunlin County has drafted regulations banning the sale of ractopamine-containing beef within its boundaries, an official said yesterday.

After going through great hassle, an Yunlin police officer yesterday faithfully returned a lost iPhone found in Penghu, yielding great praise from local residents.

A chicken farm in Yunlin County, southern Taiwan, suffered massive chicken deaths in the past three days, and the Animal Health and Research Institute under the Council of Agriculture will reveal its examination result today to see if the deaths are caused by the infection of H5N2 avian flu, according to statements released last night by the COA's Bureau of Animal & Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine and the Yunlin County Government.

Tourists visiting Sanxing Township in Yilan County have been horrified to see many wild ducks hung on local farms, but farmers said they simply want to scare away wild fowl that are eating their young crops.

The Yunlin police captured two electric cable thieves after shooting out the tires of their vehicle yesterday, collecting over 60 kilograms of cables and various kinds of illicit drugs from the thieves' possession.