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The government should promote the growth of Taiwanese oil millet, as the perennial grass is highly tolerant to drought and saline soil, sustainable development groups said on Thursday. The crop is also flood-tolerant, the groups said, adding that rice could be replaced with oil millet during water shortages to help conservation efforts. The plant used to be a staple of the Bunun people, before vanishing for half a century following the relocation of the Bunun after the 1941 Pasnanavan incident in Taitung County. The Pasnanavan incident refers to a failed attempt by relocated Bunun to return to...

By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNAThe government should promote the growth of Taiwanese oil millet, as the perennial grass is highly tolerant to drought and saline soil, sustainable development groups said on Thursday.

Taipei, June 18 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on Saturday issued warnings of high temperature for four administrative areas in northern, eastern and southern Taiwan, and cautioned the public against engaging in unnecessary outdoor activities.

Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Daytime temperatures could surge to highs of 31-34 degrees Celsius nationwide Monday and Tuesday, ahead of an anticipated wet weekend, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

I have to say I am more excited than usual at the outset of this trip. The journey starts by taking the train from Kaohsiung to Taitung County’s Guanshan Township (關山) on the Puyuma express. This much-improved service only takes a little over two hours, cut down from more than three hours in the past. The plan is to replicate a bike ride I did in 2008 from Taitung to Kaohsiung on the Southern Cross-Island Highway. Traveling with a touring bike and self-supported, I have everything I need to survive for the three days: camping gear, food, warm clothes and