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There are now 11 government-approved “responsible officials” for the island’s new recreational cannabis industry, but no one has taken the next step of applying for a cannabis establishment license, according

Visitors to Keelung, a mountainous port city on Taiwan's northern coast, might reasonably think that the white wall at the back of Shi Hui-hua's breakfast shop is, well, a wall. Only a few air vents suggest that there might be something on the other side.

Visitors to Keelung, a mountainous port city on Taiwan’s northern coast, might reasonably think that the white wall at the back of Shi Hui-hua&#1

All over Keelung – which suffered its first foreign attack, by the Dutch, in 1642 – the landscape has been carved up for protection.

Preparing for war over hundreds of years has left a mark on the island, with its hundreds of bomb shelters. Some are being turned into cultural oases.

SIMPLE AND STURDY: As the brand’s distinct model became scarce in Taiwan, Liao Kang-pao opened his own shop, where he built and maintained the classic bikeBy Wang Chieh and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua makes mochi, a traditional sweet snack made of glutinous rice, at Tainan’s famed Garden Night Market yesterday. Wang was invited by Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che, center, to promote night market snacks.

EXPERIENCE VS IDEAS: A union board director said ground-level staff need to be included in efforts to improve safety, as railway incidents are still occurringBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

As smooth travel was reported nationwide, despite a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) strike yesterday, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said that his ministry and the workers’ unions share the goal of making the TRA better. About 13,000 of the TRA’s 16,000 workers took Workers’ Day off yesterday to protest the government’s plan to corporatize the railway agency without first negotiating with staff. While the ministry had organized extra high-spe...

COVID-19: Zenan seeks food for the homeless CUTS TO MENU: A worker for the charity said that his station in New Taipei City and others elsewhere do not have enough preservable food items for the next month By Chen Hsin-hui, Jonathan Chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writers The Zenan Homeless Social Welfare Foundation on Tuesday said that it is seeking donations of instant noodles, packaged condiments, canned food and instant beverage...