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2024 Taichung Metro Attack
On 21 May 2024, a Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree directed at passengers on a Taichung Metro train, near Taichung City Hall station. Three people, including the attacker, were injured. The attack occurred exactly ten years after the 2014 Taipei Metro attack. Attack and immediate responses The attacker entered Shui-an Temple metro station, Shui-an Temple Station at 11:03, boarded the train at 11:14, and began the attack at 11:15. After the train stopped at Taichung City Hall at 11:16, the attack was reported to the Taichung City Government Fire Bureau at 11:17. A 17-year-old victim was lacerated in the chest, shoulder and arm. The other victim, a 27-year-old male, was slashed from his cheek to his jaw while attempting to stop the attack. The attacker injured his fingers. The injured were treated at Lin Shin Hospital. Between 11:20 and 15:10, authorities conducted an investigation. In response to the attack, Taichung Mass Rapid Transit merged traffic from Wenxin Chongde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichung Metro
The Taichung MRT (TMRT; also called Taichung Mass Rapid Transit or Taichung Metro) is a Medium-capacity rail system, medium-capacity rapid transit system in Taichung, Taiwan. Taichung MRT's first route, the Green Line (Taichung Metro), Green Line, officially began operation on 25 April 2021, making it the 5th rapid transit system operating in Taiwan. History Planning of the Taichung MRT started in 1990 with a study conducted by the Taiwanese Bureau of Housing and Urban Development. The study was completed in 1998 and suggested the implementation of three routes (Red, Green, and Blue). The project was formally approved by the Executive Yuan of the Government of the Republic of China, ROC government on 23 November 2004. The city government signed a joint development contract with the Taipei City Government on 12 December 2007. Meanwhile, the Taichung City Government started their own planning of more lines and decided that the much cheaper Taichung BRT, BRT system would be the fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frieren
is a Japanese manga series written by and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since April 2020; its chapters have been collected in 14 volumes as of March 2025. It is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media and in Southeast Asia by Shogakukan Asia. The series takes place in a fantasy world and follows Frieren, an elf mage on a journey to the resting place of souls to reunite with her former comrade Himmel, whose Hero Party slew the Demon King. Madhouse has produced an anime television series adaptation, with its first 28-episode season broadcast from September 2023 to March 2024. A second season is set to premiere in January 2026. By February 2025, the ''Frieren: Beyond Journey's End'' manga had over 24 million copies in circulation. The manga won the 14th Manga Taishō and the 25th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's New Creator Prize in 2021, and the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheng Ming-chien
Cheng Ming-chien (; born 12 October 1958) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician who has served as Minister of Justice since 2024. Cheng earned a bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University. He led the Ministry of Justice's Agency Against Corruption, was deputy head of the MOJ department of legal affairs, and served as chief prosecutor of Tainan, Yunlin, and Taipei before his appointment as Minister of Justice on 12 April 2024, by premier-designate Cho Jung-tai Cho Jung-tai (; born 22 January 1959) is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2024. He served on the Taipei City Council from 1990 to 1998, when he was first elected to the Legislative .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Ming-chien Living people 21st-century Taiwanese lawyers Ministers of justice of Taiwan National Chung Hsing University alumni 21st-century Taiwanese politicians 1958 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lai
Lai Ching-te (; pinyin: ''Lài Qīngdé''; born 6 October 1959), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the eighth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since May 2024. He is the third member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to assume the office of president and the first whose predecessor was also a DPP member. He is also the third incumbent vice president of the Republic of China, vice president to succeed to the presidency and the first to assume the office through election instead of immediate succession. He has also served as the List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party, chair of the DPP since 2023. Born to a working-class family in Wanli District, New Taipei, Taipei County, Lai studied medicine at National Taiwan University and National Cheng Kung University before earning a master's degree from Harvard University in 2003. After serving as the president of the National Physician Suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Court Of The Republic Of China
The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the Republic of China.''See'' Constitution arts. 77-82, ''available at'' ''See'' Additional Articles of the Constitution art. 5, ''available at'' It functions as the Constitutional Court and oversees the courts of Taiwan, including the ordinary courts such as the Supreme Court, high courts, and district courts as well as special courts like administrative, and disciplinary courts. The Judicial Yuan holds the following powers:''See'' Introduction to the Judicial Yuan, ''available at'' * ''Interpretation'' – Acting as the Constitutional Court to interpret the Constitution and other statutes and regulations made by the central or local government. * ''Adjudication'' – Most civil, criminal, and administrative cases are adjudicated by the respective courts supervised by the Judicial Yuan. The Constitutional Court adjudicate presidential impeachment and political party dissolution cases. * ''Discipline'' – Disciplinary measure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Punishment In Taiwan
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Taiwan. The list of capital offences for which the death penalty can be imposed includes murder, treason, drug trafficking, piracy, terrorism, and especially serious cases of robbery, rape, and kidnapping, as well as military offences such as desertion during wartime. In practice, however, all executions in Taiwan since the early 2000s have been for murder. Before 2000, Taiwan had a relatively high execution rate, when strict laws surrounding capital punishment were still in effect. However, controversial legal cases during the 1990s and changing attitudes among officials towards the abolition of the death penalty led to a significant drop in the number of executions, with only three in 2005 and none between 2006 and 2009. Executions resumed in 2010, and according to polls, more than 80% of Taiwanese people support the continued use of capital punishment. A 2024 poll found that 84% of Taiwanese oppose the abolition of the death penalty. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidency Of Tsai Ing-wen
The presidency of Tsai Ing-wen officially began on 20 May 2016 when Tsai Ing-wen was inaugurated as the President of the Republic of China, seventh president of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Tsai, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, took office following her landslide victory in the 2016 Taiwanese presidential election, 2016 presidential election over Kuomintang opponent Eric Chu and People First Party (Taiwan), People First opponent James Soong. Four years later, in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election, 2020 election, Tsai defeated KMT nominee Han Kuo-yu for a second term. Tsai is the first woman to be elected as president of Taiwan, first Single person, unmarried president, and first president to be of both Hakka people, Hakka and Taiwanese aborigines, aboriginal descent (a quarter Paiwan people, Paiwan from her grandmother). She is the first President to have never held an elected executive post before serving as president, the first to be popularly elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Justice (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ; ) is a ministerial level body of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), responsible for carrying out various regulatory and prosecutorial functions. History Taiwan's first justice ministry was created as part of the Government-General of Taiwan when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The Republic of China's Ministry of Justice was established in 1912 in mainland China. After several name changes, the Ministry of Judicial Administration began its administration in Taiwan in 1945, before the central government was shifted to Taipei in 1949 after the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan. On 1 July 1980, the ministry was renamed again to the Ministry of Justice. Organizational structure The Ministry of Justice has the following branches: Departments * Department of Legal System * Department of Legal Affairs * Department of Prosecutorial Affairs * Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs * Department of Prevention, Reha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Republic Of China
The president of the Republic of China, also known as the president of Taiwan, is the head of state of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), as well as the commander-in-chief of the Republic of China Armed Forces. Republic of China (1912–1949), Before 1949 the position had the authority of ruling over Mainland China, but losing control of it after Chinese Communist Party, communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, the Taiwan Area, remaining jurisdictions of the ROC have been limited to geography of Taiwan, Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu Islands, Matsu, and list of islands of Taiwan, smaller islands. Originally elected by the National Assembly (Republic of China), National Assembly, the presidency was intended to be a figurehead, ceremonial office with no real executive power because the ROC was originally envisioned as a parliamentary republic. Since the 1996 Taiwanese presidential election, 1996 election however, the president has been direct election, directly elected by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsai Ing-wen
Tsai Ing-wen (; pinyin: ''Cài Yīngwén''; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the seventh president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), she intermittently served as List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party, chair of the DPP from 2008 to 2012, 2014 to 2018, and 2020 to 2022. She was list of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, the first woman to hold the presidency in Taiwan’s history. Tsai was born in Taipei and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Taiwan University and Cornell University, respectively. She went to England to study law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics, where she received a PhD in 1984, and became a law professor. In 1993, she was appointed to a series of governmental positions by the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party and was one of the chief dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Metro
Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapid transit system to be built on the island. The initial network was approved for construction in 1986, and work began two years later. It began operations on 28 March 1996, and by 2000, 62 stations were in service across three main lines. Over the next nine years, the number of passengers had increased by 70%. Since 2008, the network has expanded to 131 stations and the passenger count has grown by another 96%. The system has been praised by locals for its effectiveness in relieving growing traffic congestion in Taipei and its surrounding satellite towns, with over eight million trips made daily. History Proposal and construction The idea of constructing a rapid transit system on the island was first put forth at a press conference on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei City Government
The Taipei City Government is the municipal government of Taipei. History Taipei was known as Taihoku during Japan's rule of Taiwan, which started in 1895. Initially, the city was directly controlled by the Governor-General of Taiwan. In 1920, Japan reorganized the system of local government in Taiwan. As part of this, the Taihoku City Government was established within Taihoku Prefecture. The city government was initially housed in buildings belonging to . In 1940, a new city hall was opened on the same site. It was three- to four-stories tall and built in a modernist style. After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, Taipei became a provincial municipality and the capital of Taiwan Province. Its city hall was established in the former campus of . The old city hall building was turned over to house the provincial government for Taiwan. It became the Executive Yuan building in 1957. The Republic of China government was forced to retreat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
