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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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China's development in eyes of German executive

STORY: China's development in eyes of German executive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8 to Feb. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Garvin Hoefig 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GARVIN HOEFIG, German expat in China STORYLINE: Garvin Hoefig, the COO of a Sino-German joint venture in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, has started to work in China since 2012. Over the past decade, Hoefig spent almost every Spring Festival holiday in his wife's hometown of Changshun County in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Over the years, he has witnessed the development of China both in big cities and small counties. SOUNDBITE (English): GARVIN HOEFIG, German expat in China "Reunion. I think this is the most important part because I think everybody is busy in his daily life. I think this is really like an anchor point where we have the possibility one year one time, at least we need to come together. I live in China since 2012. I really can say that th

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Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive

STORY: Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people fleeing Sake towards Goma, eastern DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): EUSTACHE GASORE, Displaced person 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SON AMANI, Displaced person 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): GUILAIN IRUNVA, Displaced person STORYLINE: For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, Xinhua correspondents observed on the ground. Located about 20 km from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, much of which is occupied by the M23, Sake City is considered to be the last barrier for Goma, which was taken by M23 rebels in late 2012. The DRC army and military partners such as the Southern African Development

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Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture

(240201) -- BEIJING, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, who was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee at the first plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, meets the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 15, 2012. TO GO WITH "Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture" (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

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Serbian president welcomes Chinese tourists at tourism fair

STORY: Serbian president welcomes Chinese tourists at tourism fair DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:02 LOCATION: Belgrade CATEGORY: TOURISM SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 44th Belgrade international tourism fair 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN BO, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia STORYLINE: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic extended his welcome to Chinese tourists Wednesday at the opening of the 44th Belgrade international tourism fair, where China is the guest of honor for the first time. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President "I want to invite Chinese citizens to come to our country. We have a lot of beautiful and valuable things that they can see, and I can guarantee them that nowhere in any other country in Europe will they be welcomed as cordially, with open arms and an open heart, as they will be welcomed in Serbia. We are waiting for you as our closest and dearest friends." From 2012 to 2019, the number of Chinese touri

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National park restoration project new paradigm in Greece's reforestation

STORY: National park restoration project new paradigm in Greece's reforestation DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. Aerial shots of the National Park of Sounion 2. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): NICOS GEORGIADIS, Forest management officer, WWF Greece 4. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion by the environmental organization WWF Greece 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): NICOS GEORGIADIS, Forest management officer, WWF Greece 6. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion by the environmental organization WWF Greece 7. Aerial shots of the National Park of Sounion 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): MARIA STATHI, Archaeologist of the Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica STORYLINE: Devastated twice in a decade (in 2012 and 2021) by wildfires, part of the Sounion National Park, 9 km north of the ancient Temple of Poseidon that overlooks the Aegean Sea and about 40 km south of Athens, could no lon

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Palestinian farmer makes profit in growing saffron in West Bank

STORY: Palestinian farmer makes profit in growing saffron in West Bank DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jaber Bani Taha at his farm 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): JABER BANI TAHA, Nablus-based Palestinian farmer STORYLINE: Jaber Bani Taha, a Palestinian farmer living in Nablus, has earned himself good money by planting saffron in the West Bank. "I came up with the idea to grow saffron in 2012 when I watched a number of documentary films that showed its benefits for people's health," the 46-year-old farmer told Xinhua. As the first person to grow the plant on the West Bank, Taha came across many challenges. He had little money and couldn't afford to buy the bulbs from overseas. A project funded by the non-government Agricultural Relief helped him to import 17,000 bulbs from the Netherlands. Taha said he kept cultivating the bulbs for three years to harvest more saffron that would be enough to sell them. "Every year the number of bulbs increa

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in October 2008 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From back to front are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. The bottom photo shows a cover on the No. 1 reactor building used to prevent radioactive particles from being dispersed. Cranes are at work at No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Cambodia bids farewell to former King Sihanouk

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A special vehicle (front) carrying the casket of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk proceeds in central Phnom Penh on Feb. 1, 2013. Cambodia began its final farewell to Sihanouk, who died in October 2012 at the age of 89, with his casket carried on a float through the streets of the capital in a 6-kilometer funeral procession.

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Cambodia bids farewell to former King Sihanouk

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A special vehicle carrying the casket of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk proceeds in central Phnom Penh on Feb. 1, 2013. Cambodia began its final farewell to Sihanouk, who died in October 2012 at the age of 89, with his casket carried on a float through the streets of the capital in a 6-kilometer funeral procession.

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Gori nuclear plant

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the Gori Nuclear Power Plant in Busan, South Korea, on Feb. 29, 2012. In the far right is the Gori-1 reactor, which was suspended in March 2012 following a report of a possible malfunction.

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Fukushima plant in 2000, 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in December 2000 (top) before the crisis started there following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on Feb. 26, 2012 (bottom). Reactor buildings Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are seen from right to left.

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Nishikori loses in 2nd round at Mexican Open

ACAPULCO, Mexico - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays a return against Jeremy Chardy of France in a men's singles second-round match at the Mexican Open tennis tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, on Feb. 29, 2012. Nishikori, 17th in the ATP rankings, lost to his 64th-ranked opponent 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-0.

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Japan beat Norway in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa (far R) and her Japan teammates exchange high-fives after earning a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Norway in their opening game of the Algarve Cup in Parchal, Portugal, on Feb. 29, 2012.

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Japan beat Norway in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - Nahomi Kawasumi (L) scores a second-half winner for Japan against Norway in their opening game of the Algarve Cup in Parchal, Portugal, on Feb. 29, 2012. Japan won 2-1.

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Japan beat Norway in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - Nahomi Kawasumi (L) scores a second-half winner for Japan against Norway in their opening game of the Algarve Cup in Parchal, Portugal, on Feb. 29, 2012. Japan won 2-1.

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Japan beat Norway in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - Japan's Yuki Nagasato (L) equalizes against Norway in the first half of their opening game of the Algarve Cup in Parchal, Portugal, on Feb. 29, 2012. Japan won 2-1.

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Japan 0-1 Uzbekistan

TOYOTA, Japan - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni shouts instructions to his players during the first half of a World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture on Feb. 29, 2012. Japan lost 0-1.

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S. Korean maestro in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung Whun (C) arrives at Pyongyang's international airport from Beijing on Feb. 28, 2012. Chung is scheduled to stay in North Korea through March 1 to rehearse for a planned joint performance in Paris by North Korean and French orchestras on March 14.

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Aerial view of Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 26, 2012, shows (from back to front) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Aerial view of Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 26, 2012, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings can be seen from left to right.

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Aerial view of Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 26, 2012, shows (from R to L) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Aerial view of Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 26, 2012, shows (from front to back) the Nos. 4, 3, 2 and 1 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Japan beat Iceland 3-1

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Tomoaki Makino jumps with joy after scoring his team's third goal during the second half of an international friendly against Iceland at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Feb. 24, 2012. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan beat Iceland 3-1

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Tomoaki Makino (R) celebrates after scoring his team's third goal during the second half of an international friendly against Iceland at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Feb. 24, 2012. To the left is teammate Ryoichi Maeda, who scored the opener during the first half. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan beat Iceland 3-1

OSAKA, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni gives instructions to players during the first half of an international friendly against Iceland at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Feb. 24, 2012. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan beat Iceland 3-1

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Jungo Fujimoto (L) scores his team's second goal during the second half of an international friendly against Iceland at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Feb. 24, 2012. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan to tighten limits on cesium in food

TOKYO, Japan - The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council, an advisory council to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, meets at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2012. The council decided to tighten limits on radioactive cesium found in food to between one-20th and a quarter of the current provisional limits, depending on food categories, from April 1.

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Tokyo eateries offer chance to support recovery efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2012, shows the signboard of a nonprofit Japanese-style pub named Reconstruction Support Tavern, which opened in Tokyo's Ginza district in January the same year to aid recovery efforts in areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The tavern, open until late September 2012, aims to donate its monthly profits of over 1 million yen to the prefectural governments of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Hiroki Sakai (R) scores the opener past Malaysia's goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat (1) in the first half of a Group C Asian zone qualifier for the London Olympics in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012. Japan won 4-0.

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Tofu made from Paraguay soybeans sent to disaster victims

IGUAZU, Paraguay - Photo taken in February 2012 shows the building of an agricultural cooperative in Iguazu, Paraguay. A total of 1 million packets of tofu made from Paraguayan soybeans have been delivered to those affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, people involved in the project said on Feb. 22.

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Tofu made from Paraguay soybeans sent to disaster victims

IGUAZU, Paraguay - Photo taken in February 2012 shows soybean farmland near Iguazu Falls, Paraguay. A total of 1 million packets of tofu made from Paraguayan soybeans have been delivered to those affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, people involved in the project said on Feb. 22.

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Commemorative coins

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows both sides of a commemorative 10,000-yen coin to be issued to support efforts to rebuild areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Japan on Feb. 21, 2012, announced a plan to issue 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen commemorative coins. The side on the right shows a design of the lone pine tree that survived the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, and doves. The tree, dubbed by residents the ''miracle pine,'' has become a symbol of the city's reconstruction.

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IAEA official visits Iran

VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts speaks to reporters at Vienna airport on Feb. 1, 2012, upon returning from Iran.

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Suu Kyi supports NLD candidate

HLEGU, Myanmar - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition National League for Democracy, in Hlegu, Myanmar, on Feb. 15, 2012, delivers an endorsement speech for her party's candidate for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Retiring shinkansen trains

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows 100 series (L) and 300 series shinkansen bullet trains in Fukuoka Prefecture on Feb. 1, 2012. Both series of trains will be retired March 16, 2012, on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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BOJ policy meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2012, for a policy board meeting. The Japanese central bank decided to effectively introduce an inflation goal of 1 percent and further eased its monetary policy through an expansion of its asset purchase program in a bid to overcome the prolonged deflation in the country and achieve sustainable growth. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Sakai wins women's 1000 meters short track

DORDRECHT, Netherlands - Yui Sakai of Japan (R) competes in the women's 1,000-meter race at the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, on Feb. 12, 2012. Sakai won the 1,000 meters event.

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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (L), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd from L on podium), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Suu Kyi election campaign

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi calls for support in her constituency in Kawmhu Township, Myanmar, on Feb. 11, 2012, ahead of the upcoming April 1 by-elections. (Photo by Yukichika Murayama)

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Suu Kyi election campaign

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi receives flowers from her supporters in her constituency in Kawmhu Township, Myanmar, on Feb. 11, 2012, ahead of the upcoming April 1 by-elections. (Photo by Yukichika Murayama)

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U.S. nuclear regulator OKs reactor construction

WASHINGTON, United States - Five commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission attend a hearing at the NRC headquarters in the suburbs of Washington on Feb. 9, 2012. The commission approved the construction of new nuclear reactors for the first time in 34 years, licensing two additional reactors at a plant in Georgia. The decision by a 4-1 vote, with the opposition cast by Chairman Gregory Jaczko (C), authorizes Westinghouse Electric Co., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., to build and operate the new reactors at Georgia's Vogtle nuclear plant.