An international panel reviewing Taiwan’s first national report on the implementation of the U.N. Convention against Corruption concluded Aug. 24 that the country has made significant legal and institutional progress toward clean governance and corporate practices.
Taiwanese athlete Chen Kuei-ru (陳奎儒) won a silver medal after finishing the men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta Tuesday with a time of 13.39 seconds.
On Aug. 29, a group of elders and young people from the Maori tribe of Ngāti Manu visited the National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung, giving a performance of traditional song and dance in honor of their hosts, as Taiwan has long been considered the ancestral homeland of the Polynesian peoples, including the Maori of New Zealand.
A group of Maoris from the Ngati Manu tribe in New Zealand’s Karetu region is visiting Taiwan through Sept. 1 to explore their cultural roots, according to the Cabinet-level Council of Indigenous Peoples.
President Tsai Ing-wen said Aug. 22 that the three victories by Taiwan teams at the Pony League World Series demonstrate the country remains a global powerhouse in youth baseball.
The first Philippines-Taiwan University Presidents' Forum is taking place in the Philippines' Mandaluyong City Aug. 23-24, during which cooperation on higher education between the two countries is being discussed, according to a statement from the Ministry of Education (MOE).
A group of Māoris from Karetu, a region in New Zealand's North Island, arrived in Taiwan Wednesday on a cultural roots-searching tour.
Taiwan Documentary Film Festival in Bangkok 2018 is set to open Aug. 30, showcasing eight titles including an award-winning feature about a lesbian mother, according to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand.
Taiwan is now home to over 600,000 migrant workers, in which those from Indonesia take the lead as the largest group with 230,000 members. To celebrate Indonesia's National Day in Taipei, the National Taiwan Museum will host a day-long cultural and arts festival on Aug. 19.
Taiwan shooters Lin Ying-shin and Lu Shao-chuan bagged the nation’s first gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games, winning the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event Aug. 19 in Palembang, Indonesia.
