The demolition of a roundabout in Gongguan has proven controversial, leading to protests from local residents. The demolition of the roundabout is the latest change to Taipei traffic that has led to protests against the Chiang mayoral administrations...
Activists on Saturday staged a demonstration outside the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition, accusing dozens of participating companies of profiting from Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza and urging the government to block arms-related exports linked to alleged war crimes...
New policies for mandatory parental leave after childbirth have been criticized. Namely, the new policies extend mandatory maternity leave for women to 12 weeks, from the current eight weeks. However, they do not extend paternity leave. Such policies would be enacted through changes to the Labor Standards Act...
Experts have sounded the alarm that the Taiwanese white dolphin is critically endangered. At present, it is suspected that there may be only between 45 and 50 individuals surviving...
Starting in late August, protests have broken out in cities across Indonesia. The demonstrations initially broke out in anger against luxurious housing subsidies received by members of the legislature, to which Indonesian police responded with overwhelming force. But after a delivery driver, Affan Kurniawan, was killed by police, this led to a new wave of demonstrations. To shed light on the situation, New Bloom's Brian Hioe spoke to Iftitah Sari, researcher at the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform...
A massive billboard towers over a Taipei intersection. Baseball star Chen Chieh-hsien smiles down, shirt casually unzipped, surrounded by police anti-fraud slogans and Airlee clinic branding. The message? The government protects women from fraud—by partnering with an industry that exploits their insecurities...
A number of third parties, namely the New Power Party, Green Party, Obasan Alliance, and the Tatwan Statebuilding Party, held a press conference with Better Together for NextGen Taiwan late last month to call for strengthening legal provisions intended to allow for youth participation in politics...
