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Taipei, Jan. 28 (CNA) Premier-designate Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) on Saturday named former Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang (林右昌) as interior minister and Deputy Minister of Culture Hsiao Tsung-huang (蕭宗煌) as director of the National Palace Museum (NPM).

A record list shows a total of 359 porcelain relics have been restored National Palace Museum in Taipei over the years, its curator Wu Mi-cha confirmed Tuesday.

The director of Taipei’s National Palace Museum is facing calls to step down after the institution admitted to breaking three precious Ming and Qing dynasty artefacts, worth a reported NT$2.5 billion (S$109 million) in all. The incidents exposed the shortcomings of the museum in managing and preserving cultural artefacts, observers said. They also raised doubts over whether the government of...

Online commenters from China accused the Taiwan government of deliberately damaging valuable Chinese treasures.

The Taipei-based "National Palace Museum" has brought to the notice of the local "legislative yuan" damage to two cultural relics.

Taipei, Nov. 2 (CNA) Pushing for direct flights between Prague and Taipei, and having Taiwan's National Palace Museum's (NPM) artifacts exhibited in the Czech Republic are among the top priorities for the Central European nation's new envoy to Taiwan as he starts his tenure.

The items date back to the 15th and 17th centuries. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Its director vows to overhaul storage and transport practices after three Ming and Qing objects, worth a reported $77 million, were damaged.

The Taiwan National Palace Museum breaks three artefacts dating back to the Qing and Ming dynasty. They are reportedly worth S$108 million.