http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/taiwan.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-23T13:20:37+11:00 2008-11-23T13:20:37+11:00 The New Zealand air force has suspended a three-day search covering thousands of square kilometres of the South Pacific after failing to locate 29 Asian fishermen missing for weeks.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2427370.htm2008-11-23T13:20:37+11:00A New Zealand air force plane is searching the Pacific Ocean for 29 Taiwanese fishermen after their burnt-out boat was found adrift north of Fiji.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2425492.htm2008-11-21T03:33:33+11:00Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian has been released from hospital in Taipei, and sent back to a detention centre.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424347.htm2008-11-19T18:06:00+11:00The lawyer for a Taiwanese fisherman, who's being held in custody in Darwin, in the north of Australia, is calling on authorities to free the man this morning.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2422459.htm2008-11-18T17:34:46+11:00Former Taiwan president, Chen Shui-bian, has been taken to hospital after going on a hunger strike to protest his arrest on money laundering and corruption allegations.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421102.htm2008-11-17T18:21:36+11:00Palau's President-elect, Johnson Toribiong, says he will continue Palau's diplomatic relations with Taiwan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421144.htm2008-11-17T14:21:18+11:00Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian has gone on a hunger strike to protest against his detention over corruption allegations.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419340.htm2008-11-14T20:16:08+11:00Taiwanese authorities say they are planning to allow students from mainland China to attend local universities, as ties between the once bitter rivals markedly improve.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2418442.htm2008-11-13T11:35:46+11:00China has denied involvement in the detention of Taiwan's former president on corruption charges.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417933.htm2008-11-13T11:35:58+11:00Former Taiwanese president, Chen Shui-bian, has been formally detained after a court in Taipei approved prosecutors' request to take him into custody on suspicion of graft.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417443.htm2008-11-12T16:12:38+11:00Taiwan's embattled former president, Chen Shui-bian, is facing a court hearing to decide if he should be formally detained on corruption charges.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417053.htm2008-11-12T10:21:15+11:00Taiwan's embattled former president, Chen Shui-bian, has been taken to a Taipei hospital, prompting the suspension of court proceedings against him.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417054.htm2008-11-12T05:21:28+11:00Taiwan's parliament has passed a resolution asking Japan to apologise for forcing women into sex slavery during World War Two and to compensate victims.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416930.htm2008-11-12T07:54:40+11:00The former President of Taiwan could be set to spend the night in custody, following corruption charges.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417013.htm2008-11-11T22:06:54+11:00Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian has been questioned over corruption claims amid tight security as dozens of supporters gathered to protest his innocence.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416824.htm2008-11-11T17:43:24+11:00Authorities in Thailand have seized heroin with an estimated street value of around $US30 million - the biggest such haul of illegal drugs in five years.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2415873.htm2008-11-11T14:02:16+11:00