https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/ https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/anchor https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/healthcheck https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/privacy https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026618W01EA 2026-06-18 1 daily Afternoon thunderstorms in Greater Taipei turn a road into a river 2026-06-18 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/59764001-74b5-4f1e-86f5-a537b0f65190.jpg Afternoon thunderstorms in Greater Taipei turn a road into a river Afternoon thunderstorms in Greater Taipei turn a road into a river https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W01EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Railway Police invoke a demon-killing deity for anti-fraud campaign 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/0dc1db7b-0a0b-44c2-bf27-c71f1aa9db30.jpg Railway Police invoke a demon-killing deity for anti-fraud campaign Railway Police invoke a demon-killing deity for anti-fraud campaign https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/0dc1db7b-0a0b-44c2-bf27-c71f1aa9db30.jpg Railway Police invoke a demon-killing deity for anti-fraud campaign Fraud is rampant in Taiwan， and the police are going to great lengths to combat it， even soliciting help from celebrities. In their latest effort， the Railway Police have approached renowned ink paint https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W01EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W02EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Row of vehicles plunges as heavy rain causes ground to cave in 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/d970be10-ab2e-4ec5-91e5-9f8f5e27c29b.jpg Row of vehicles plunges as heavy rain causes ground to cave in Row of vehicles plunges as heavy rain causes ground to cave in https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/d970be10-ab2e-4ec5-91e5-9f8f5e27c29b.jpg Row of vehicles plunges as heavy rain causes ground to cave in Four scooters and a car plunged down a slope when the ground underneath collapsed， a result of torrential rain in Greater Taipei on Thursday afternoon. Fortunately， no one was injured. However， it’s n https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W02EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W03EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Pingtung town carries out Dragon Boat Festival tradition with watermelons 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/64c2e385-d95a-4975-b2e3-080e2c9adca1.jpg Pingtung town carries out Dragon Boat Festival tradition with watermelons Pingtung town carries out Dragon Boat Festival tradition with watermelons https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/64c2e385-d95a-4975-b2e3-080e2c9adca1.jpg Pingtung town carries out Dragon Boat Festival tradition with watermelons Balancing an egg on its end at midday during the Dragon Boat Festival is a beloved Taiwanese tradition meant to bring a full year of good luck. But the residents of Jiadong Township in Pingtung County https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W03EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W04EA 2026-06-19 1 daily ‘Eagle Eye’ AI-powered baseball tracking tech at U-15 competition 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/0eff0f52-2628-4316-b869-522abc4e17e9.jpg ‘Eagle Eye’ AI-powered baseball tracking tech at U-15 competition ‘Eagle Eye’ AI-powered baseball tracking tech at U-15 competition https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/0eff0f52-2628-4316-b869-522abc4e17e9.jpg ‘Eagle Eye’ AI-powered baseball tracking tech at U-15 competition The U-15 baseball graduation cup kicked off on Dragon Festival at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium. This year， refereeing is aided by a brand new technology from the Industrial Technology Research I https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W04EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W05EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Military boot camp captain indicted for racism against dual-nationality recruit 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/08ed9331-6812-42c4-bba0-b5a80d4e4c60.jpg Military boot camp captain indicted for racism against dual-nationality recruit Military boot camp captain indicted for racism against dual-nationality recruit https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/08ed9331-6812-42c4-bba0-b5a80d4e4c60.jpg Military boot camp captain indicted for racism against dual-nationality recruit A captain surnamed Wen， who served as a company commander at a military recruit boot camp in Yilan， was indicted by the Yilan District Prosecutors Office on Friday for public insult， after he repeated https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W05EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W06EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Student hammer thrower breaks record at high school sports tournament 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/baad9fa9-f65c-43d5-a8f8-79db95094b61.jpg Student hammer thrower breaks record at high school sports tournament Student hammer thrower breaks record at high school sports tournament https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/baad9fa9-f65c-43d5-a8f8-79db95094b61.jpg Student hammer thrower breaks record at high school sports tournament Chen Sheng-hsien， a student at Su’ao Junior High School in Yilan is in the spotlight after he broke a record for hammer throw at Taiwan’s National High School Sports Tournament. Despite winning gold i https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W06EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W07EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Polish student aces college entrance exam after learning Chinese from scratch 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/225741de-a5f1-4f10-a640-7891467ae78c.jpg Polish student aces college entrance exam after learning Chinese from scratch Polish student aces college entrance exam after learning Chinese from scratch https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/225741de-a5f1-4f10-a640-7891467ae78c.jpg Polish student aces college entrance exam after learning Chinese from scratch Chinese is widely considered to be one of the most difficult languages to learn. Over in Hsinchu， a Polish teenager managed to prove it’s possible. Ma An-ya’s parents relocated to Taiwan three years a https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W07EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W08EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Ministry of Labor announces six common wage-related violations by employers 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/9db1b58e-56c0-473d-bf77-d41154726cc4.jpg Ministry of Labor announces six common wage-related violations by employers Ministry of Labor announces six common wage-related violations by employers https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/9db1b58e-56c0-473d-bf77-d41154726cc4.jpg Ministry of Labor announces six common wage-related violations by employers The Ministry of Labor on Tuesday announced the six most common wage-related offenses by employers. Common methods of wage theft they found included illegal salary deductions for late arrivals and over https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W08EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026619W09EA 2026-06-19 1 daily Taiwan’s emerging drone industry is taking off 2026-06-19 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/6ce89d75-8b34-47f3-a00c-9fe57c5fda65.jpg Taiwan’s emerging drone industry is taking off Taiwan’s emerging drone industry is taking off https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/6ce89d75-8b34-47f3-a00c-9fe57c5fda65.jpg Taiwan’s emerging drone industry is taking off The outbreak of the Russo-Ukraine war in 2022 drew attention to the importance of drones in modern warfare: countries around the world are now increasing investments in this industry. For Taiwan， whic https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026619W09EA 2026-06-19 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W0AEA 2026-06-22 1 daily Changhua eco-park home to thousands of rhinoceros beetles 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/496d7591-dc5a-42d2-88bc-ea8b15109eba.jpg Changhua eco-park home to thousands of rhinoceros beetles Changhua eco-park home to thousands of rhinoceros beetles https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/496d7591-dc5a-42d2-88bc-ea8b15109eba.jpg Changhua eco-park home to thousands of rhinoceros beetles Thousands of rhinoceros beetles make their home in the trees of an ecological park in Changhua’s Dacun Township. This busy beetle community makes for quite the spectacle， open to visitors who want to https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W0AEA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W01EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Barrier lake in Hualien just 7km from site of Matai’an flood 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/f0417dc2-1b9c-4ecd-b177-2abd70226764.jpg Barrier lake in Hualien just 7km from site of Matai’an flood Barrier lake in Hualien just 7km from site of Matai’an flood https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/f0417dc2-1b9c-4ecd-b177-2abd70226764.jpg Barrier lake in Hualien just 7km from site of Matai’an flood Ever since last year’s Matai’an Creek flood in Hualien， the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency has regularly monitored the surrounding area to prevent a similar disaster from happening again， and https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W01EA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W02EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Typhoon Mekkhala heading north and passing parallel to east coast 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/89973441-ecab-4ca9-aed2-bffd589ebf25.jpg Typhoon Mekkhala heading north and passing parallel to east coast Typhoon Mekkhala heading north and passing parallel to east coast https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/89973441-ecab-4ca9-aed2-bffd589ebf25.jpg Typhoon Mekkhala heading north and passing parallel to east coast Typhoon Mekkhala is set to turn northwards on Tuesday and then move parallel alongside Taiwan’s east coast. Typhoon Mekkhala， which could potentially turn into a severe typhoon， will be nearest to Tai https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W02EA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W03EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Driver speeds off while 3-yo niece was still getting in car 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/93061e97-1fef-49fb-935d-0bfcdaf40c09.jpg Driver speeds off while 3-yo niece was still getting in car Driver speeds off while 3-yo niece was still getting in car https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/93061e97-1fef-49fb-935d-0bfcdaf40c09.jpg Driver speeds off while 3-yo niece was still getting in car A woman in Yilan put her 3-year-old niece in immense danger， driving off while the toddler was still getting in the car. She had gone into a convenience store with her daughter and the niece. The two https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W03EA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W04EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Cancer once again tops the list of 10 most common causes of death 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/e5e87bdf-b80b-4ce7-bc6f-d57fcf26134e.jpg Cancer once again tops the list of 10 most common causes of death Cancer once again tops the list of 10 most common causes of death https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/e5e87bdf-b80b-4ce7-bc6f-d57fcf26134e.jpg Cancer once again tops the list of 10 most common causes of death The most recent data on Taiwan’s top 10 causes of death have been released， and for the 44th year in a row cancer has come in at number 1， taking 54，838 lives in 2025. As for the deadliest forms of ca https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W04EA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W05EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Taiwanese stocks setting records and investors are betting big 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/c97261f4-4867-41bc-a01a-3641af025b63.jpg Taiwanese stocks setting records and investors are betting big Taiwanese stocks setting records and investors are betting big https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/c97261f4-4867-41bc-a01a-3641af025b63.jpg Taiwanese stocks setting records and investors are betting big Contrary to expectations， the Taiex has broken “the curse of Dragon Boat Festival.” Investors are reaping big gains this Monday as the Taiex closed up 1，276 for 47，741 points， making it the eighth lar https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W05EA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W06EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Kaohsiung MRT’s famous cat now has his own comic series 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/c1e415ef-1822-45e6-869f-370bab39d2bf.jpg Kaohsiung MRT’s famous cat now has his own comic series Kaohsiung MRT’s famous cat now has his own comic series https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/c1e415ef-1822-45e6-869f-370bab39d2bf.jpg Kaohsiung MRT’s famous cat now has his own comic series Kaohsiung’s most famous cat now has his own comic series. It was launched last Wednesday， along with a new special livery offline. Over the years， Mikan has featured in several promotional campaigns. https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W06EA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W07EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Nostalgic， cheap popsicles fly off shelves as summer arrives 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/7e842cd0-3f10-49c6-a881-725d4d9b5405.jpg Nostalgic， cheap popsicles fly off shelves as summer arrives Nostalgic， cheap popsicles fly off shelves as summer arrives https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W08EA 2026-06-22 1 daily Late-night hair salon houses six friendly cats 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/46a720c8-086f-441f-a615-19410c09ccf2.jpg Late-night hair salon houses six friendly cats Late-night hair salon houses six friendly cats https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/46a720c8-086f-441f-a615-19410c09ccf2.jpg Late-night hair salon houses six friendly cats Around the corner from Taichung’s Zhonghua Road Night Market is a hair salon that’s great for night owls and animal lovers alike. The salon is home to six cats， all adopted by its animal-loving owner. https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W08EA 2026-06-22 https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026622W09EA 2026-06-22 1 daily German tourist praises Taipei Metro’s cleanliness and accessibility 2026-06-22 EnglishNews zh-TW https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/f64719d2-dec6-4ae1-8071-7be0fa5ba778.jpg German tourist praises Taipei Metro’s cleanliness and accessibility German tourist praises Taipei Metro’s cleanliness and accessibility https://cdn.ftvnews.com.tw/engnews/images/2026/f64719d2-dec6-4ae1-8071-7be0fa5ba778.jpg German tourist praises Taipei Metro’s cleanliness and accessibility People living in Taiwan may take its public transportation for granted， but international visitors often find it outstanding. One German tourist highlighted the punctuality and accessibility of Taiwan https://embed.ftvnews.com.tw/2026622W09EA 2026-06-22