Beinan Township, Taitung resident Lin Jin-di–a participant in the movement against the Miramar Resort–as well as her mother Lin Shu-ling, suddenly received a notice from the Taitung county government that construction cranes would demolish her home on October 21st at 8 AM. Why was the illegal Miramar Resort not demolished and a home with protected residential rights on Indigenous land demolished?...
New amendments to the Name Act will allow Indigenous to use their Indigenous names on their national ID, household registration, and passport without requiring a Chinese name. At present, laws require that Indigenous names, using Roman characters, also have Chinese characters for individuals registering for households, passports, or naturalizing...
The Pazeh people have applied to become the 17th officially recognized Indigenous group in Taiwan. This is one of a number of applications by Indigenous groups for recognition at present, including by the Kaxabu and Siraya...
A draft proposal by KMT caucus convener Fu Kun-chi has stoked controversy. Namely, the proposal would provide for the extension of high-speed rail around all of Taiwan, though this is attached to a proposal ostensibly focused primarily on an expressway connecting Hualien and Taitung and the extension of Freeway No. 6 to Hualien. The bill is currently backed by Legislative Yuan Vice President Johnny Chiang of the KMT...
After close to a decade, the Supreme Court moved to clear Indigenous Bunun hunter Tama Talum of a conviction on firearms possession and hunting of a protected Formosan Serow earlier this month...
Members of the Bahuan community, who are Bunun Indigenous, demonstrated outside of National Taiwan University earlier this week. The demonstration led to some clashes with police, with a large number of police deployed for a relatively small number of protestors...
A public outcry has ensued after a number of incidents at the National Taiwan University involving racism and sexism among the student body. NTU is traditionally thought of as Taiwan’s most prestigious university...
