A hike in electricity prices that started on Monday will likely lead to another round of political contestation between the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps. In particular, the pan-Blue camp will probably try to redirect public anger regarding the price hikes to push for nuclear energy, in line with its energy platform...
Anti-nuclear groups demonstrated in front of the Legislative Yuan on March 11th, to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. The Fukushima disaster involved the catastrophic meltdown of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on March 11th, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan...
A draft proposal by KMT caucus convener Fu Kun-chi has stoked controversy. Namely, the proposal would provide for the extension of high-speed rail around all of Taiwan, though this is attached to a proposal ostensibly focused primarily on an expressway connecting Hualien and Taitung and the extension of Freeway No. 6 to Hualien. The bill is currently backed by Legislative Yuan Vice President Johnny Chiang of the KMT...
A die-in and protest in support of Gaza and Palestine was held in Liberty Plaza in Taipei. Around 100 participated, including many expats in Taiwan, as well as Taiwanese. As such, many of the speeches were interpreted in both Mandarin and English...
Hongkongers rallied outside of the Ximen MRT station in Taipei today in response to the passage of Article 23. The passage of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law serves to criminalize sedition, but does so under such wide-ranging and unspecified terms that it is thought this will serve as a means of further criminalizing political freedoms in Hong Kong. The demonstration against Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law today takes place as part of a global day of action...
An investigation is currently ongoing into the death of a six-month-old child whose parents were undocumented Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan. The child is suspected to have died of the norovirus, with his sickness having been discovered after his placement at a shelter...
After close to a decade, the Supreme Court moved to clear Indigenous Bunun hunter Tama Talum of a conviction on firearms possession and hunting of a protected Formosan Serow earlier this month...
The tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the Sunflower Movement was commemorated yesterday with a demonstration in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Several hundred, possibly around 1,000, attended. The primary organizer of the event was the Economic Democracy Union, one of the key groups involved in the movement, which reconstituted itself in the movement’s aftermath...
Ten years proves, in some ways, an awkward anniversary for the Sunflower Movement. This is in spite of that the widespread influence of the movement is recognized...
Forty protesters assembled near the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and mourn the self-immolation of US air force personnel Aaron Bushnell last Thursday, March 7, 2024...