The Food and Drug Administration’s choice to list three drugs as requiring a doctor’s prescription has led to public criticisms. Namely, two of the three drugs–levonorgestrel and ulipristal acetate–are contraceptives...
According to human rights experts across the region who participated in the annual human rights survey conducted by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a New Zealand-based NGO, China and Hong Kong continue to rank among the worst human rights violators in East Asia, particularly in civil and political liberties and empowerment rights....
A recent letter published in Vijay Prashad’s Tricontinental Institute written by Chen Meei-shia, a professor of public health at National Cheng Kung University, proves a bizarre exercise in cognitive dissonance. The letter begins by claiming Taiwan to be part of China…on the basis of that the two were connected by a land bridge during the Ice Age...
Bus driver unions have criticized digital punch clocks used for logging hours. In particular, the clocks do not appear to be compatible with the software for their dashboards, preventing error messages from appearing. When disconnected, error messages would reappear...
The Lai administration has announced the re-categorization of etomidate to be a Category 1 Narcotic. As a result, manufacturing, transporting, or selling etomidate may be punishable by death...
Childcare workers have suggested that they may strike over new regulations that require the uploading of surveillance footage from infant daycare centers to cloud storage...
On September 23rd, 2025, Typhoon Ragasa struck Taiwan from the east. The rainfall filled a barrier lake deep in the Matai’an headwaters, causing it to breach and release 60 million tonnes of water downstream. Within hours, a metre of mud swept through the main street of Guangfu Township. Nineteen residents, mostly elderly, tragically passed away...
Civil society groups demonstrated outside of DPP headquarters late last month, in protest against the Lai administration’s failure to live up to campaign promises to build social housing. In particular, civil society groups criticized the Lai administration for promising to build 130,000 units of social housing during elections, then quietly revising this down to 40,000 units...
