Hot and steamy. Usually shower scenes are sexy. Screw that! This one is unintentionally different. Just look at the water shooting off those fake eyelashes. » 7/18/14 8:00am Friday 8:00am

Remember "cone-ing?" Back in 2011, a YouTube user named Alki Stevens racked up ten million views with his video titled "Cone-ing is the New Planking." Young people in Asia, it seems, have just discovered cone-ing. » 7/10/14 9:00am 7/10/14 9:00am

So. Many. Scooters. If you like motorized bikes, then Taipei is the place for you. Well, unless you hate traffic, that is. » 7/09/14 6:00am 7/09/14 6:00am

Japanese comic and animation One Piece is immensely popular in Taiwan. In fact, it's so popular that the first ever One Piece exhibition outside of Japan saw over 100,000 guests within its first week. » 7/07/14 8:00am 7/07/14 8:00am

Those Foxconn suicides a few years back? Company president Terry Gou says they weren't caused by poor working conditions, but rather by "personal problems and family disputes." » 7/02/14 5:40am 7/02/14 5:40am

You know how in some video games, like Minecraft, characters have blocky heads? And, in turn, block hairdos? Well, one man in Taiwan has that kind of coiffure...for real. » 7/02/14 4:00am 7/02/14 4:00am

Pants. I don't like them, but I have to wear them. I'm sure some of you feel the same too. And putting on pants has always been so boring. At least until now! » 7/01/14 4:00am 7/01/14 4:00am

Isaac Hou is a Taiwanese-American street performer hailing from Taipei City in Taiwan, where he lives for one thing: dazzling people with his amazing skills. » 6/20/14 5:40am 6/20/14 5:40am

Hot off the heels of the previous fun run, the folks over in Taiwan have held another hero run. This time, they run for the Dark Knight! » 6/16/14 6:00am 6/16/14 6:00am

Taiwan is a tropical country. And as in most tropical places, cockroaches are bad news. But are they worth freaking out about and calling the police? » 6/03/14 7:00am 6/03/14 7:00am

A local movie theater in Penghu, Taiwan has created a stir with its Godzilla poster. It's so bad, it's good. » 5/27/14 8:00am 5/27/14 8:00am

In your time on the internet, you've probably seen a ton of cat videos. Cute ones, funny ones, and jumping ones. But, you know what was missing from them? Taiwanese baseball announcers, that's what. » 5/22/14 5:00am 5/22/14 5:00am

In the movies, Godzilla is a creature born from a perversion of nature and created from nuclear waste. Taiwanese graduate student Li Yi-Kai's version of Godzilla is different. It's completely made up of natural waste: fallen branches. » 5/12/14 8:00am 5/12/14 8:00am

Afraid of the dentist? A Taiwanese dental clinic thinks it has a solution: hygienists decked out in maid uniforms. Um, okay! » 5/09/14 4:00am 5/09/14 4:00am

Looking to make crossing the street a little safer, Taiwanese legislators have proposed fining pedestrians who cross the street while "distracted" by mobile phones. The proposed law will fine any pedestrian deemed "distracted" about $10 for each infraction! » 5/05/14 7:00am 5/05/14 7:00am

A Taiwanese man was recently charged with obstruction of police business after badmouthing police officers on an online forum. » 4/14/14 7:00am 4/14/14 7:00am

From the land that gave the world toilet-themed restaurants comes this: a goofy sex-themed eatery. Opening last year, the restaurant is called "Funny Sex." Because, really, when you think about it, sex is pretty damn funny. » 4/10/14 4:00am 4/10/14 4:00am

Cardboard is great. It can be shelter, it can be storage, it can be entertainment, it can be invisibility on the battlefield, and if taken to the extreme, it can be art. » 4/07/14 6:20am 4/07/14 6:20am

Over the weekend, the Avengers assembled in Taiwan! Well... sort of. This past weekend in Taipei, thousands of superhero fans and running enthusiasts hit the ground running in a 5k marathon. » 3/24/14 6:00am 3/24/14 6:00am

Taiwan has had fairly good relations with Japan—that's taking into account that Japan once occupied the island. To celebrate and to strengthen these relations, Japan's NGO Earth non government organization recently sent a group of volunteers to the island. The volunteers were Power Rangers. » 3/03/14 7:00am 3/03/14 7:00am