· January, 2010

Stories about Taiwan (ROC) from January, 2010

Taiwan: How the Puyuma people started Year 2010

  13 January 2010

The Puyuma tribe is one of the indigenous groups in Taitung County along Taiwan’s East Coast. The Nanwang Village, the leading village of this tribe, holds the Monkey Ceremony and Hunting Rite in December and starts the new year with the Annual Ritual.

Taiwan: Suhua Freeway Project Deferred

  4 January 2010

Suhua Freeway Project has been in dispute for more than a decade. On 22 of December, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) opted for a plan to improve existing highway. However, we are yet to see if this decision will put an end to the controversy and path the...