Cannabis decriminalization advocates gathered outside of the Legislative Yuan today to mark 420, a day commemorated internationally by cannabis users and advocates...
A controversy involving illegal investments by SET News in March is likely to be leveraged on by the pan-Blue camp to attack the DPP. In particular, SET News has come under fire for violating promises to the National Communications Commission and investing in Homeplus Digital. The exchange took place in 2018, with SET TV co-founder Chang Rong-hua investing in shareholders of Homeplus Digital...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company recently won a $6.6 billion grant from the US Department of Commerce to subsidize the construction of three semiconductor manufacturing fabrication plants in Phoenix, Arizona. The total package could come to $11.6 billion, inclusive of loans. This is the largest cash grant the US has awarded a foreign company and the largest single greenfield project by a foreign company in US history...
Briefly after a viral video of Indonesian soldiers torturing a Papuan native spread throughout the internet, New Bloom contributor Girard Lopez spoke to West Papuan human rights advocates in an online interview to ask about the on-ground situation in West Papua...
He is a fresh-faced young man with curly hair. If I had not known that he was a pastor, I would have thought he was a highly energetic office worker who works in a high-rise in the central business district of Bangkok. He is, in fact, pastor Prachan Noimung, a man of the Karen ethnic group from Maehongsorn Province who now serves as head of the Kawtorpai. This can be translated as the Move Forward Church...
After much tussling over the issue, Han Kuo-yu of the KMT has become the chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. The question of whether Han would become the chair of the foundation was raised ahead of time during the struggle between the DPP, KMT, and TPP about who would become president of the legislature, as part of the contention regarding the issue...
Two pedestrians were injured in Sanchong in February after a bus plowed into a crosswalk, following a dizzy spell by the driver. This is one of a number of incidents involving bus drivers passing out in past years. Usually, these stories, as reported on in the news, have two outcomes–one involving a tragedy that leads to loss of human life, or a miracle because the driver or passengers manage to park the vehicle safely...
Chinese president Xi Jinping met with former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou today. This was the first time that Xi and Ma have met since 2015, when Ma was still president. The two met in Singapore in 2015, while today’s meeting took place in Beijing at the Great Hall of the People...
