Two sympathetic magistrate court judges have finally forced the Council of Grand Justices to declare the punishment meted out to unlicensed prostitutes unconstitutional.

Wang Chien-hsuan, the nation's top ombudsman, and President Ma Ying-jeou bandied words at a meeting of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission on Monday.

Premier Wu Den-yih is suing Lee Wen-chung, the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) nominee for magistrate of Nantou.

The media has been in an uproar recently over allegations that Premier Wu Dun-yi took a trip to Bali for the purpose of assessing the Indonesian resort island's approach to tourism.

While the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th World Series Championship Friday with a ticker tape parade in the Big Apple, Taiwan's baseball fans woefully watched their favorite sport dying a slow death, at age 40.

In just over a week, U.S. President Barack Obama will begin his first visit to mainland China as head of state.

The beef war between Taiwan and the United States is over. But it is being fought on the domestic front now.

Gangsters' involvement in Taiwan's politics may be much more complicated and deeper than many politicians would admit. Ask Premier Wu Den-yih about the issue, and he would definitely give you a nonchalant answer.

Our readers ought to be reminded that Fidel Castro, the aging Cuban dictator, was given tremendous help by Herbert Matthews of The New York Times in 1957 to finally topple President Fulgenecio Batista.

A political miracle is being wrought in Taitung, a county in southeast Taiwan.