Concerns continue to be raised by privacy advocates regarding a new electronic ID that the Taiwanese government intends to roll out, though the rollout of the ID has now been delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic...
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokespersons, the Taiwanese government does not expect an invitation to the World Health Assembly this year...
The annual march in Taipei commemorating International Workers’ Day did not take place today, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, labor groups held a press conference this morning on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building, where the International Workers’ Day march normally starts each year...
Anger has broken out from migrant worker advocates after a case that involved an attempt to deport a Filipina migrant worker that posted videos critical of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte by Philippine government officials in Taiwan...
Outrage has broken out from civil society groups after today’s ruling by the Criminal Court of the Taiwan High Court regarding the “324” attempted occupation of the Executive Yuan in March 2014. This was the second ruling on the case...
An early indication that efforts by newly elected KMT chair Johnny Chiang to reform the party have run into a roadblock can be seen in Chiang’s declaration that the Institute of Revolutionary Practice will play an important role in the party’s rejuvenation and the subsequent announcement of the institute's initial program...
The Centers for Disease Control reported no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, with today marking the 15th consecutive day in which there were no cases of domestic transmission of COVID-19. Taiwan has had a total of 429 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with six deaths to date, and 290 individuals now released from quarantine...
With governments in the Asia Pacific region rolling out extensions of visa policies because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the last few weeks, it is to be questioned whether Taiwan will do the same...
Controversy continues regarding COVID-19 cases on three navy ships that returned from Palau. 29 sailors recently tested positive for COVID-19 on three ROC navy ships that returned as part of a “Friendship Flotilla” that visited Palau earlier this month...
Brian Hioe is one of the founding editors of New Bloom. He is a freelance journalist, as well as a translator. A New York native and Taiwanese-American, he has an MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University and graduated from New York University with majors in History, East Asian Studies, and English Literature. He was Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellow at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy from 2017 to 2018 and is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the University of Nottingham's Taiwan Studies Programme.