Taiwan Today
Date: June 28, 2016

“House of Little Moments,” a micro movie series produced by ADK Global Taiwan, bagged gold in

Richard Yu (right), chief creative officer at ADK Global Taiwan, shows off the gold Lion during the Cannes Lions-International Festival of Creativity June 24 in France. (Courtesy of Cannes Lions Taiwan)

the Lions Entertainment competition of the Cannes Lions-International Festival of Creativity June 24 in France, the second time a local production has earned the highly coveted honor after a 17- year hiatus.

Created to market an instant noodle brand produced by Tainan City-based Uni-President Enterprise Corp., the production was one of eight gold winners selected from 1,843 entrants worldwide. It also collected silver two days before in the festival’s Media Lions competition.

Set in a fictional noodle shop, the series portrays the owner creating dishes inspired by the moods of the customers. The movies, which were broadcast online and promoted with teasers on TV, garnered over 8.7 million YouTube views in three months on the strength of their emotional appeal.

Richard Yu, chief creative officer at ADK Global Taiwan, said he hopes the award marks the beginning of more strong showings for Taiwan at the festival. “This Lion will energize and inspire us to keep pushing the envelope of creativity.”     [FULL  STORY]

‘FIGHT IN TALKS, NOT ON STREETS’:The agreement reached yesterday averted a de facto strike that would have seen one-third of the union members call in sick on Friday

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 29, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff Reporter

The management of China Airlines (CAL, 中華航空) yesterday reached an agreement with its

China Airlines Employees Union chairman Ko Tso-liang, foreground left, shakes hands with China Airlines president Hsieh Shih-chien after the conclusion of talks in Taoyuan yesterday. Photo: CNA

employees’ union on the union’s eight listed demands in negotiations, averting a potential de facto strike by workers on Friday, CAL chief executive officer Hsieh Shih-chien (謝世謙) said.

Hsieh headed into yesterday’s session to negotiate with representatives of the China Airlines Employees Union, which covers ground staff, pilots, maintenance workers and other China Airlines employees, following objections and heated exchanges between the two sides in the previous day’s talks.

He confirmed having deliberated on the eight demands put forward by the union in the two-day session, and that both sides have signed a formal agreement, but he declined to give any details of the settlement.

Some revisions were made to the eight demands, but they were acceptable to the union, according to representatives at the session, which took place at a CAL office building at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.     [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: June 29, 2016
By: CNA

ASUNCION, Paraguay — President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) arrived in Paraguay on Monday night

President Tsai Ing-wen walks past soldiers at the airport, where she was welcomed with a military salute upon her arrival in Paraguay on Tuesday, June 28. Tsai’s state visit to Paraguay, Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in South America, followed a trip to Panama. (CNA)

(local time), the second and final leg of her first overseas trip since assuming office May 20.

She was welcomed at the airport by a military salute ceremony, and was received by Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga and Taiwan’s Ambassador to Paraguay Alexander Tah-ray Yui.

Despite a drizzle, hundreds of Taiwanese expatriates in Paraguay were also there to greet the Taiwan president, who wore a cream-white trench coat.

Tsai’s arrival in Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in South America followed a trip to Panama, one of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in Central America.

During her three-day stay in the South American country, Tsai will first call on Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, address Paraguay’s Congress and meet with the president of the Senate, Mario Abdo Benitez, on Tuesday.     [FULL  STORY]

• An 11-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted during a massage
• He told his mother after the incident and she contacted police
• Detectives arrested a 30-year-old Taiwanese man on Saturday afternoon

Daily Mail Australia
Date: 27 June 2016
By: Hannah Moore

A masseuse will face court after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy during a sports massage in southern NSW over the weekend.

The young boy visited the massage therapist in Griffith, NSW, on Saturday.

During the appointment, the male masseuse allegedly sexually assaulted the boy, who later told his mother.

After an investigation by the State Crime Command’s Child Abuse Squad, a 30-year-old man from Taiwan was arrested on Saturday afternoon.

The man was taken to Griffith police station and charged with two counts of sexual intercourse with a child between 10 and 14 years, and aggravated indecent assault of a child under 16.     [FULL  STORY]

The Daily Star
Date: Jun. 27, 2016
By: Agence France Presse

TAIPEI: Taiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the

This aerial view taken on July 27, 2012 shows part of the city of Sansha on the island of Yongxing, also known as Woody island in the disputed Paracel chain, which China now considers part of Hainan province. AFP PHOTO

United States next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defense source and media reports said Monday.

Relations between China and Taiwan have cooled rapidly under the island’s new Beijing-sceptic president Tsai Ing-wen, who took office in May, ending an eight-year rapprochement.

The test of the US-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system will be launched at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in early July, a defense ministry source told AFP, in a move likely to irk Beijing even though it was arranged before Tsai took the helm.

According to the source, the test will be conducted in the US to avoid China collecting information about it, and due to space restrictions in Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]

Reuters
Date: Jun 27, 2016
By: Tyrone Siu

Under the darkness of the night sky, a small group of Taiwan fishermen set

Fishermen use a fire to attract fish on a traditional “sulfuric fire fishing” boat in New Taipei City, Taiwan June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

sail off the northeast coast, light a fire on the end of a bamboo stick using chemicals and wait for the fish to come.

Like a magnet, hundreds of sardines leap out of the water toward the bright light waved by one fisherman and his colleagues angle their nets and haul in the catch.

There used to be 300 boats using the traditional fire fishing method each night but now there are only three, according to the local fishermen’s association in Jinshan District, north of Taipei.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/06/27
By: Sophia Yeh and Evelyn Kao

Panama City, June 26 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was greeted by Jill Biden, wife of

Second row, from left: Preisdent Tsai Ing-wen, Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina, and Chile President Michelle Bachelet.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and the leaders of several other countries during the inauguration ceremony of the expanded Panama Canal on Sunday, according to Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang (黃重諺).

Tsai, who is on her first overseas trip as president, also exchanged greetings with several other dignitaries at the ceremony, including Paraguay President Horacio Cartes, Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina, Chile President Michelle Bachelet, and Eto Seishiro, vice chairman of the Japan-Republic of China (ROC) Diet Members’ Consultative Council.     [FULL  STORY]