The Liberty Times is a newspaper

Newspaper

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 published in Republic of China (Taiwan)

Republic of China

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 in Traditional Chinese. Founded by Lin Rong-San

Lin Rong-San

Lin Rong-San , born in Lujhou, Taipei, is a Taiwanese politician, publisher and businessman. He was the founder of Union Bank of Taiwan, and the publisher of Liberty Times and Taipei Times. In June 2008, the magazine Forbes ranked him as the seventh richest of Taiwan, with a net worth of US$2.7...

, it is published by the Liberty Times Group, which also publishes the English language

English language

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 newspaper the Taipei Times

Taipei Times

The Taipei Times is one of the three major English-language newspapers in the Republic of China the other two being the Taiwan News and The China Post...

. The newspaper was first published on April 17, 1980, as Liberty Daily, before adopting its current name in 1987.

It is one of the four major newspapers in Taiwan, the other three being the Apple Daily

Apple Daily (Taiwan)

The Apple Daily is a tabloid-style newspaper printed in Taiwan and owned by Hong Kong-based Next Media. Next Media is based in Hong Kong and also prints the Apple Daily . The publication is well known internationally for its animated news stories on pop culture outside Taiwan.-History:Apple Daily ...

, the China Times

China Times

The China Times is a newspaper published in the Republic of China in Traditional Chinese. It is one of the four biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other three being the Liberty Times, United Daily News, and Apple Daily ....

, and the United Daily News

United Daily News

The United Daily News is a newspaper published in the Republic of China in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other two being the China Times and the Liberty Times.-History:...

. While the United Daily News is regarded as taking an editorial line that supports unification, the Liberty Times is thought to take a Pan Green

Pan-Green Coalition

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pro-independence political stance.

Awards

Year	Awarded by	Category	Award Type	Title	Journalists	References
2010	The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA)	Excellence in Reporting on the Environment	Award for Excellence	煙囪裡的秘密 -- 台灣六輕麥寮高罹癌率大追蹤	劉力仁、林國賢、謝文華、王昶閔
2010	Taipei Journalists Association's Social Bright Side Reporting Awards (SBSRA)	Printed Newspapers (平面新聞報紙類獎項)	Award	菜販捐圖書館、續攢千萬助貧	黃明堂