Premier Wu Den-yih yesterday threatened legal action against a former opposition lawmaker who accused him of colluding with a gangster.

A quarrel between two groups of foreign workers ended with a deadly act of arson, leaving three dead and seven injured at 3 a.m. yesterday, Taoyuan County.

The wheelchair-bound former first lady Wu Shu-chen yesterday reproached prosecutors for freezing her family's assets, claiming she has been left with only a small sum that can only cover two months of her huge medical expenses.

Hau Lung-bin, Mayor of Taipei City, announced yesterday the opening of the Taipei flora expo in a year or exactly 365 days.

A special scholarship program is giving 16 high school students from abroad an inside look at Taiwan, and one student from France admitted Friday that she likes Taiwan's night markets and that oyster omelettes are her favorite local food.

Soaking vegetables in water for an extended time might do more harm than good.

CPC Corp., Taiwan, a state-run oil company announced raising domestic sales prices for gasoline and diesel oil products by NT$0.6 and NT$1.0 per liter, respectively, effective early this morning under the flexible oil pricing system, according to United Daily News. (UDN)

Rare tiny black and white shrimp raised in Taiwan are selling for as much as US$830 a piece to collectors in Japan, despite short life spans and problems breeding, officials at an exhibition said yesterday.

With President Ma Ying-jeou in office for close to a year and a half now, businesspeople in Japan no longer cling to his past reputation as an anti-Japanese Tioyutai warrior but instead are convinced that Taiwan is their best partner for developing the huge potential market in China.

Up to 10,000 people are scheduled to participate in the marathon in Taroko Gorge in Hualien today and traffic control will be implemented for safety.