Taiwan’s underworld could not avoid the global economic downturn.  Year-end banquet which represented the strength of the gang was reduced from hundred tables to only less than ten.  The underground banks which were valued as “Golden Egg” in the past were forced to reduce its interest to attract more customers.  Many sidekicks were either sacked [...]

This might be the world’s most expensive red envelope a.k.a. Ang Pao.  It is expensive as in the red packet itself, not the amount of money inside the packet.  Each of this red envelope is worth NT$600.  The big red envelope is imported from Japan.  It is not made of paper like usual red packets, [...]

This is just a joke circulating around the internet to mock Taiwan ex-president Chen Shui-bian’s wife, Wu Su-chen’s corruption scandal.

You might not get the meaning of ‘A’.  ‘A’ means taking advantage of something or taking something away forcefully in Hokkien.

A 65-year-old man kicked former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian in the hip unexpectedly when he entered the Taipei District Court as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit related to the purchase of Lafayette frigates in 1990. Chen ended more than fifty years ruling of Kuomintang (KMT) in Taiwan and took office in 2000. [...]

It was found that Curdlan Gum had been used to replace fish paste for many Kanto cooking ingredients in Taiwan.  Curdlan Gum is mainly used for vegetarian products, but recently it was discovered that the Gum was added to many hot pot materials to reduce the costs.  Many shops reduce the amount of cornstarch and [...]

Taiwan former president Chen Shui-bian appeared in court today and he ass was kicked by someone when entering the court.  Su An-Sheng who kicked Chen was a member of ‘Concentric Patriotism Association of R.O.C‘.  Taipei City Police pointed out that the incident happened due to Chen didn’t use the original planned route and caused a [...]

15-year-old female student, Deng, was going to graduate this year. Her family discovered her lying in bed without breathing at 6 am two days ago. The hospital diagnosis was “asleep epistaxis airway obstructuction died of soffocation.” However besides the history of customary epistaxis and heart disease, prosecutor discovered Deng’s abdominal was slightly [...]