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The Changhua District Court on Tuesday ordered a man to pay NT$1,654,308 (US$55,547) to Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) for using private electricity lines to power his cryptocurrency mining operation without paying energy bills. The ruling can be appealed. A Taipower inspector and police officers from the county’s Lukang Precinct in January last year found that the man, surnamed Cheng (鄭), had 20 cryptocurrency mining machines attached to two private power lines that were not connected to an electric meter. Taipower filed civil and criminal lawsuits against Cheng, saying he should be held resp...

Public construction and infrastructure were not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with construction bidding that year valued at more than NT$683.4 billion (US$23.15 billion) and building execution rates reaching 95.87 percent, the highest in 14 years, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday. Some projects failed to attract bids due to budgets being set without considering prices at the time, reasonable construction dates not being set, or bidding documents not meeting standards, the Public Construction Commission said at an Executive Yuan session. The commission and the Exec...

Tourism is a lopsided industry in most countries, and Taiwan is no exception. On some days, certain places are packed out with visitors, while others hardly ever see an excursionist. It’s probably true to say that tourism is even more uneven in Changhua County than in other counties or municipalities. Almost everyone has toured the famous temples and old streets of Lukang (鹿港), but how many readers of the Taipei Times have set foot in Jhutang (竹塘) or Sijhou (溪州), rural townships on the north bank of the Jhuoshuei River (濁水溪)? Not many people live in Jhutang — fewer than ...

Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan was the eighth most searched country on Google's Street View over the past 12 months, the U.S. technology company said as it marked the 15th anniversary of its map service which allows users to view street level images, on Tuesday.