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New Taipei, July 18 (CNA) Taiwan's military on Tuesday held a rehearsal for a drill to repel an amphibious attack on a beach in New Taipei's Bali District, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).

Taipei, July 15 (CNA) A man in Taitung County has been sentenced to two months in prison and fined NT$270,000 (US$8754) for unlawfully killing a stray dog with poison.

Taipei, June 23 (CNA) Electricity consumption on Green Island off the coast of southeastern Taiwan reached 5,926 kilowatts at 10:19 p.m. Thursday, the highest in the 42 years state-run Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) has been in charge of the island's power generation.

Taipei, June 8 (CNA) A Singaporean national and a Taiwanese national are in critical condition following a head-on collision between a van and a sedan in Taitung County Wednesday night.

Taipei, March 11 (CNA) A soldier drowned while diving in the waters near Taitung on Saturday, and his companion was hospitalized after the accident, the Coast Guard Administration said.

Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Cultural workers on Orchid Island off the coast of southeastern Taiwan on Wednesday gave tourists tips to celebrate the island's flying fish season in a way that respects the customs of the Indigenous Tao people.

Taipei, Feb. 4 (CNA) A shipment of a hybrid variety of sugar apples grown by Taitung farmers will be shipped to Brunei on Sunday, as local growers eye new markets following a Chinese import suspension, the Taitung County Agriculture Department said Saturday.

Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) The wetlands around Siiaoguei Lake (小鬼湖) in remote Taitung County sustain one of Taiwan's most pristine high elevation animal and plant environments, while also holding sacred status in the culture of the area's Rukai Indigenous people.

Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) A survey of animals living on the seabed around Orchid Island has recorded 32 species previously undocumented in the area, including one never before reported in Taiwan, the Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA) said Wednesday.

Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) There has been increased military activity by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) in waters off eastern Taiwan since earlier this month, a military source told CNA on Wednesday.