Taiwan Suicide

An American man fatally stabbed himself with a pair of scissors in a Taiwan courtroom today during his sentencing on drug possession charges, raising questions over security failings.

Six prisoners at a southern Taiwan jail committed suicide on Thursday, ending a standoff after they took several staff hostage to complain about unfair trials and demand their freedom, officials said.

Taiwan's imprisoned former President Chen Shui-bian tried to kill himself but was stopped by guards, the Justice Ministry today.

Police in Taiwan said Tuesday that a 31-year-old woman has killed herself by inhaling poisonous fumes while chatting with friends on Facebook and that none of her friends alerted authorities. Taipei police officer Hsieh Ku-ming said Claire Lin killed herself on her birthday, March 18. Hsieh said family members reported the suicide soon after her de...

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, shaken by a spate of suicides at its China plants, said Wednesday it is raising the pay of workers by 30 percent, a greater increase than first planned.

An American man fatally stabbed himself with a pair of scissors in a Taiwan courtroom today during his sentencing on drug possession charges, raising questions over security failings.

Six prisoners at a southern Taiwan jail committed suicide on Thursday, ending a standoff after they took several staff hostage to complain about unfair trials and demand their freedom, officials said.

Taiwan's imprisoned former President Chen Shui-bian tried to kill himself but was stopped by guards, the Justice Ministry today.

Police in Taiwan said Tuesday that a 31-year-old woman has killed herself by inhaling poisonous fumes while chatting with friends on Facebook and that none of her friends alerted authorities. Taipei police officer Hsieh Ku-ming said Claire Lin killed herself on her birthday, March 18. Hsieh said family members reported the suicide soon after her de...

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, shaken by a spate of suicides at its China plants, said Wednesday it is raising the pay of workers by 30 percent, a greater increase than first planned.