When I think “unfortunate mistake,” I think about getting handed the wrong change at the grocery store. I don’t think about having my nice day spoiled by an ever-loving supersonic missile!
An earthquake that struck the southern city of Tainan in Taiwan early Saturday morning toppled an enormous 100-family high-rise building, leaving 11 people dead and 475 injured, according to CNN.
When Marco Rubio became Florida’s Speaker of the House in 2005, Governor Jeb Bush welcomed him by bestowing upon him the sword of “Chang,” who Bush described as “a mythical conservative warrior.” It’s odd how mythology develops: Bush was almost certainly, if unwittingly, talking about Chiang Kai-Shek, the Chinese…
On Saturday night, an explosion onstage at a concert at Formosa Water Park, in New Taipei City, in Taiwan, started a fire that spread into the crowd, injuring at least 500 people, the Associated Press reports.
A 22-year-old college student in Taiwan reportedly set himself on fire and burned to death after his dad criticized his online gaming habit. Xue Jun-Chen's remains were found near his home next to some empty gasoline containers, the Daily Mail reported.
Children dressed as pumpkins during a promotional event for Hong Kong tourism in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday. Image by Chiang Ying-ying, via AP.
A gas leak in the southern city of Kaoshiung in Taiwan triggered explosions that have killed at least least 22 people and injured as many as 270 people.
Officials block parts of the scene of a knife attack on a subway platform in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday after a drunken university student wielding a knife attacked riders, killing three people and injuring nearly two dozen others. Image via AP.
Lee Chingyu, an anchor for Taiwan's Next TV News, choked back tears as she discovered live on air that a friend and colleague at another network had been found dead in an apparent suicide.
Students protesting against a China-Taiwan trade pact are forced by riot police to leave the government Cabinet buildings in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, when hundreds of protesters opposed to a broad trade pact with China invaded the offices. Image via Wally Santana.
A 53-year-old grandfather of three was found dead in his truck this week after he decided to end his life over a mounting fear of losing touch with his technologically savvy family.
Having had enough of arguing with his girlfriend over his drinking habit, a man in Keelung City, Taiwan, reportedly retreated to the bathroom with a pair of scissors in hand, and proceeded to slice off his own penis.
Think making eye contact with people on the subway is awkward? Try making eye contact with their O-face.
When Georgia resident Lindsay Scallan lost her digital camera during a 2007 vacation to Hawaii, she was understandably upset.
A woman in Taiwan recently divorced her husband, citing irreconcilable differences. Namely, the difference between what she expected his penis size to be, and what it ultimately was.
Police in Taiwan apprehended a man wanted on drug charges after he unwittingly wore a shirt that drew attention to the fact that he was a fugitive.
Police in Bangkok yesterday arrested a man who had in his possession six roasted fetuses aged two to seven months. It was unclear how they were initially obtained.
A blogger from Taiwan who complained about the food and service at a local restaurant was fined $7,000 and sentenced to 30 days in detention.
[This is a fireworks portrait of (non-communist) Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen (from the New Year's celebration in Taipei, Taiwan), but really, it could be anyone, so send this picture your friends and tell them that it's you. Image via AP]
Taiwanese restaurateur and chef Wang Cong-yuan sells what's generally agreed to be the world's most expensive bowl of noodles—a $324 beef dish that he says people order every day. What, exactly, goes into a $324 noodle bowl?
