Youth Movements

Government Contemplates Raising Barriers for Hongkongers to Reside in Taiwan Yet Again

Brian Hioe
Reports indicate that the government is once again considering raising the barriers for individuals from Hong Kong and Macau to permanently reside in Taiwan. This would take the form of lengthening the amount of time for them to qualify for permanent residency in Taiwan, as well as removing the path to citizenship...
EnglishMarch 2025PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Media Fixation on Johanne Liou Illustrates Continued Sexism, A Decade After the Sunflower Movement

Brian Hioe
Former Sunflower Movement participant Johanne Liou is to be deported from the US next month, facing charges related to drug trafficking and fraud. The arrest was conducted by ICE, with Taiwanese authorities stating that they requested Liou’s extradition. Liou did not appear at the New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office in 2023, which resulted in charges against her...
EnglishFebruary 2025Gender/SexualityPoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements4 min read

Dark Indonesia: The New Student Movement Stirring in Southeast Asia

Girard Mariano Lopez
Thousands of Indonesian students across the country are taking to the streets protesting the current Prabowo administration. This comes as the controversial former military general reaches five months in office, with great dissatisfaction with the current political situation across the country. Various issues from police reform, a 3-kg LPG controversy, mining licenses, land clearing in West Papua, and a re-evaluation of Prabowo’s ‘fat ministry’ are riveting the nation–but at the heart of public anger is the “budget efficiency policy” of Prabowo...
EnglishFebruary 2025Social MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Lai Administration Carries Out Its First Execution, In Effort to Prove Capital Punishment Still on the Books

Brian Hioe
The first execution under the Lai administration took place yesterday. This was the first execution carried out by the Taiwanese government in five years. For the execution to have been carried out, the Minister of Justice and President would have to sign off. The last execution in Taiwan took place under the Tsai administration in April 2020...
EnglishJanuary 2025PoliticsSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Why Has the KMT Begun to Attack the Kuma Academy Over Funding?

Brian Hioe
The KMT has hit out at funding for the Kuma Academy, the best-known of Taiwan’s civil defense initiatives. In particular, the KMT has accused fundraising efforts for the Kuma Academy–which took place on a public welfare fundraising platform run by the Ministry of Health and Welfare–as being an effort to fund political activities. Laws forbid political activities from fundraising on public welfare platforms...
EnglishJanuary 2025PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements4 min read