The Economic Democracy Union held a press conference late last month outside of the Legislative Yuan, calling for stronger action by the government to regulate Chinese investment in Taiwan, particularly pertaining to the tech industry...
An unusual controversy has broken out regarding drones in the Taichung mayoral race. In particular, the KMT’s mayoral candidate, Lu Shiow-yen, is accusing her opponent Tsai Chi-chang of the DPP of interfering in a campaign event through the use of drones...
King Mswati III visited Taiwan last month as part of the first visit to Taiwan by the monarch of Eswatini since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mswati III was a frequent visitor to Taiwan in the past, visiting on 17 other occasions...
The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday in favor of the recognition of the Siraya and other Pingpu groups as “Indigenous.” This reverses a previous ruling by the Taipei High Administrative Court in 2016 against Pingpu recognition and was a rare ruling by the Constitutional Court in which all 15 Grand Justices voted unanimously. New laws will need to be drafted within three years to allow for Siraya and Pingpu recognition, changing the Status Act for Indigenous Peoples...
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has taken a stance against calls for measures to be taken to allow those with COVID-19 to vote, claiming that there is no legal basis for this to take place. Specifically, the CEC asserts that there is no constitutional basis to take special measures to allow those with COVID-19 to vote...
It may not be surprising to observe the uptick in Chinese disinformation ahead of the nine-in-one elections scheduled to take place in late November. Nevertheless, what is important to note is to what extent that disinformation is also spread by pan-Blue domestic outlets...
An ongoing Control Yuan investigation aims to investigate a care facility in Taoyuan linked to the death of a five-year-old child and brain damage to a six-year-old child...
In perhaps one of the most unusual events in local politics in the present race, independent Chung Tung-chin, who is running for Miaoli county magistrate, has been called on by the DPP, KMT, and NPP alike to drop out of the race...
Taiwan is set for reopening, with visa-free entry reinstated for the US, Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia in mid-September. Other countries such as Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines were added in late September. Likewise, quarantines are to be phased out today, October 13th. Instead of three-day quarantines, followed by a four-day self-health management period, there will be a shift towards seven days of self-health management...
