After many years of advocacy, Taiwanese and Chinese gay marriages are now recognized by the Taiwanese government. The Mainland Affairs Council made the announcement earlier this week...
A long-anticipated ruling on capital punishment from the Constitutional Court yesterday did not result in the abolishment of the death penalty. Instead, the use of the death penalty is restricted to severe cases, such as involving murder...
The KMT and TPP staged a walkout of a proposed motion by the DPP calling for a clarification of UN Resolution 2758 earlier this week. This took place despite the fact that the DPP had called for bipartisan support for the measure...
An attack by Israel on Hezbollah involving exploding pagers has led to questions for the Taiwanese company that Hezbollah reportedly ordered the pagers from. The explosions, which took place in Lebanon, injured over 2,750 and killed 12, including children. After the initial wave of explosions, a second wave killed 20 and injured at least 450, though this time walkie-talkies were the exploding devices. A wave of international condemnation has since ensued regarding Israel’s actions, which put civilians at risk...
Keelung mayor George Hsieh faces a recall vote, which has been scheduled for October 17th. However, the results of the recall vote may ultimately boil down to local political factors...
Ko Wen-je of the TPP continues to be racked by scandal. Ko remains in jail after having been jailed last week, with the overturning of his release without bail. The severity of Ko’s imprisonment is higher than previous arrests, during which he was mostly questioned by prosecutors. Ko has been sent to a prison in Tucheng and is to be treated as any other prisoner would be...
A case of a former general who stood for the Chinese national anthem has been probed as potentially violating the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area...
A historic recall of Kinmen County Council Speaker Hung Yun-tien failed earlier this month. The recall was the first of its kind, in that those exist on the books for municipal county speakers to recall a county speaker under Article 46 of the Local Government Act, this was never before attempted since the law was passed in 1999...
China announced that it would be ending its ban on Taiwanese pomelos earlier this month. The ban had been in place since August 2022. Nevertheless, the Chinese government’s framing of the move indicates that the move is aimed at politically influencing Taiwan through economic means...
