Majority disagree with pension amendment: poll
NUMBERS TALK: A recent poll showed that a significant majority of respondents oppose the KMT’s recent pension amendment…
Taiwanese team identifies Internet addiction with EEG
A Taiwanese research team has developed a machine-learning model that analyzes electroencephalography (EEG) brain wave patterns to distinguish…
Legislative Yuan passes pension cut suspension
‘FISCALLY UNVIABLE’: The new rules compromise fiscal discipline and would increase the economic burden on young people, Legislator…
Formosat-8 launches from California space base
MEMORIAL: The first satellite was named after Chi Po-lin, whose aerial photography of Taiwan showed its natural beauty,…
DGBAS sharply raises GDP growth forecast to 7.37%
NEXT-YEAR ESTIMATES: Exports could surge 6.32 percent amid the AI boom, while the consumer index is expected to…
Good diet, exercise, sun exposure urged to avoid sarcopenia
By Yang Mien-chieh and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Those older than 40 years old…
SPORTS BRIEFS – Taipei Times
TENNIS Fernandez wins Japan Open Leylah Fernandez beat 18-year-old qualifier Tereza Valentova 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the final…
Tighter drug inventory controls proposed
By Lin Chih-yi and Huang Cheng-chia / Staff reporters The government proposed amendments that would set up an…
Taiwan to surpass S Korea wealth
TECH TITAN: Pandemic-era demand for semiconductors turbocharged the nation’s GDP per capita to surpass South Korea’s, but it…
Sleeping pill use among young Taiwanese doubled
The use of benzodiazepines among adolescents in Taiwan nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018, surpassing rates in Europe…
Drivers warned of medicine effects on concentration
By Lin Chih-yi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer The Ministry of Transportation and Communications’…