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Prosecutors investigating cause of TRA crash that killed 2, injured 1 02/23/2021 10:23 PM Photo courtesy of the TRA Taitung, Feb. 23 (CNA) The Taitung District Prosecutors Office and the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) said Tuesday that they had begun investigating the cause of an accident earlier that day in which a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) maintenance car slammed into a group of workers on the tracks, killing two and injuring one, near Haiduan Station. At around 8:35 a.m., the TRA maintenance car crashed into three of a group of four workers carrying out track repairs,...

Taiwan's locally-developed military drone crashes; no one hurt 02/18/2021 10:09 PM NCSIST personnel search the crash site late Thursday / CNA photo Feb. 18, 2021 Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) A locally developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed at a forest park in eastern Taiwan on Thursday evening. No one was reportedly hurt in the incident. The UAV destroyed several trees in the park and broke into pieces. Local firemen rushed to the area after receiving calls from eyewitnesses, but the UAV did not catch fire. About 90 minutes later, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology ...

Taitung County tops most welcoming regions listed by travel website 01/20/2021 07:44 PM Photo courtesy of Taitung County government Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) Taitung County on Taiwan's east coast tops the 2021 list of the most welcoming regions in the world by online hotel reservation website Booking.com in its annual Traveller Review Awards. "Travelers will be amazed by the richness of the diverse ethnic culture the region has to offer," according to a Tuesday press release by Booking.com. Multiple indigenous peoples who have settled in the region are worth visiting when traveling to the region,...

Mayday postpones concerts after Taiwan reports local COVID-19 case 12/24/2020 09:56 PM Mayday. Photo from facebook.com/imayday555 Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) Three of the six year-end concerts scheduled by the Taiwanese pop band Mayday have been postponed to early January next year, following confirmation of the nation's first domestic case of COVID-19 in eight months, the band's record company said Thursday. The other three performances, however, will be held as planned on Dec. 31, Jan. 1 and Jan. 2, at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium, B'in Music said. The Mayday shows that were scheduled f...

To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. The Taiwan Railways Administration has seen a bump in passenger numbers for its daily round-trip service on its South Link line since November, as many rail fans wanted to ride the diesel-powered trains before they are pulled from service on Dec. 23. The daily service between Fangliao Station in Pingtung County and Taitung Station in Taitung County, which takes just over two hours each way, departs Fangliao before noon and makes the return trip at 4:15 p.m. The service gained attention because it is the on...