Once again, it seems that an unusual, outsider political candidate is shaking up mayoral elections in Taiwan. Tainan mayoral candidate Mark Lin’s meteoric rise from obscurity to fame proves revealing about some of the dynamics of Taiwanese politics at present...
The recent indictment of former president Ma Ying-Jeou on charges tied to the KMT’s illegal party assets and KMT-affiliated organizations would have been more or less an inevitable event, if the DPP is serious about its ongoing probe into illegal party assets of the KMT. However, is this a sign that the KMT party assets probe is expanding?...
Although anticipated for some time, a cabinet reshuffle announced last week by the Tsai administration is likely aimed at putting on a good face ahead of 2018 local elections. The reshuffle gives some sense as to what issues the Tsai administration has its eyes on going into 2018 local elections...
Two recent incidents prove examples of murky KMT politics at the local level, with KMT politicians in both urban and rural areas implicated in scandals regarding real estate. This can be observed both with a scandal regarding a dorm complex owned by KMT mayoral candidate Hou You-yi and the sentencing of former Yunlin County commissioner Chang Jung-wei by the Supreme Court...
The DPP, KMT, and PFP have failed to take action to curb scams masquerading as religious organizations with the passage of the Financial Group and Corporation Law after its third reading in the Legislative Yuan...
With the Taipei High Administrative Court ruling that the dismissal of Mckinney Tsai from his position on the board of directors of Mega Bank by the Financial Supervisory Commission was illegal, this deals a blow to efforts aimed at fighting financial corruption in Taiwan...
A memorial ceremony commemorating the one year anniversary of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s death was held in Taipei today, with the unveiling of a statue of Liu...
With Super Typhoon Maria passing by Taiwan yesterday, most parts of northern Taiwan outside of Taipei and Keelung have declared a typhoon holiday for today...
Tensions between Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je and the DPP are on the rise, with Ko lashing out at the DPP on several recent occasions. This may not be too surprising, seeing the DPP has decided to nominate its own candidate for 2018 mayoral elections, Pasuya Yao, instead of endorsing Ko as it did in 2016 mayoral elections...
