Taipei - Two Taiwan naval personnel have been arrested for armed robbery which left one Vietnamese prostitute dead and another injured, Taiwan press said Saturday. Tseng Shao-tzu and Liang Poh-yu, both 20, committed the armed burglary and murder Friday in Kaohsiung City, south Taiwan, near the Tsoying Naval Base.
They face a court martial and the death penalty, if found guilty, several newspapers reported.
Taipei - Taiwan confirmed Friday that US ratings agency Moody's plans to quit the country in order to focus on larger Asian markets, a move seen by some as a warning sign for the island. According to the Central News Agency (CNA), Moody's - which has operated in Taipei for six years - has notified Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) of its plan to leave Taiwan by the end of June as part of its re-structuring in Asia.
FSC will approve Moody's withdrawal after making sure that the interests of Moody's local clients have been protected, CNA said.
Taipei - Taiwan and China were expected to hold their third round of talks before May in the Chinese city of Nanjing on further economic cooperation, a senior official said Friday. "If the preliminary talks go smoothly, the third-round talks will be held even earlier than the beginning of May as some local news media have reported," said Kao Koong-lian, vice chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, which represents Taiwan with China in the absence of formal relations.
Taipei- Micron Technology Inc on Thursday dropped its plan to join a new Taiwan chipmaker formed to challenge South Korea's domination of the memory-chip industry.
The US chipmaker made the announcement at a news conference in Taipei held jointly with its Taiwan partners Nanya Technology Co and Inotera Memories.
Taipei - Two Taiwan naval personnel have been arrested for armed robbery which left one Vietnamese prostitute dead and another injured, Taiwan press said Saturday. Tseng Shao-tzu and Liang Poh-yu, both 20, committed the armed burglary and murder Friday in Kaohsiung City, south Taiwan, near the Tsoying Naval Base.
Taipei - Taiwan confirmed Friday that US ratings agency Moody's plans to quit the country in order to focus on larger Asian markets, a move seen by some as a warning sign for the island. According to the Central News Agency (CNA), Moody's - which has operated in Taipei for six years - has notified Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) of its plan to leave Taiwan by the end of June as part of its re-structuring in Asia.
Taipei - Taiwan and China were expected to hold their third round of talks before May in the Chinese city of Nanjing on further economic cooperation, a senior official said Friday. "If the preliminary talks go smoothly, the third-round talks will be held even earlier than the beginning of May as some local news media have reported," said Kao Koong-lian, vice chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, which represents Taiwan with China in the absence of formal relations.
Taipei- Micron Technology Inc on Thursday dropped its plan to join a new Taiwan chipmaker formed to challenge South Korea's domination of the memory-chip industry. 
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