The Taipei High Administrative Court has ruled in favor of setting up a voting box in the Taipei Prison. This occurred after an inmate, surnamed Lin, filed a lawsuit arguing for his right to vote in prison...
Late last month, Chinese dissident Chen Siming entered Taiwan on a flight to Guangzhou that was transiting through Taoyuan International Airport. There, Chen announced his wish to resettle in a third country such as the US or Canada, requesting that the Taiwanese government assist with this. Chen arrived on September 22nd...
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen's National Day address yesterday had few surprises. More generally, Tsai touted her accomplishments ahead of next year’s elections. With Tsai having served two full terms, this will be the last National Day address of Tsai’s tenure. Taiwan will go to the polls to decide its next president in January...
The Taoyuan Flight Attendants' Union has criticized the Taoyuan city government’s gender equality committee for siding with EVA Air on a number of policies. This takes place at a time that the union is campaigning for an end to gendered uniforms for flight attendants, seeing as female flight attendants are currently required to wear pencil skirts, stockings, and high-heels, while pants are not allowed...
The Indonesian Economic and Trade Office declared late last month that non-religious activities were banned for Indonesian migrant workers until December 12th...
Taiwanese pro-unification academic Tsai Jin-shu, who has been detained in China on spying charges since 2018, is reportedly still unable to return to Taiwan...
Controversy about egg imports has been ongoing in past months, leading to the resignation of Minister of Agriculture Chen Chi-chung, among others. Nevertheless, this has taken a new turn in the past days...
Former president Ma Ying-jeou announced yesterday that he would not be attending National Day celebrations this year. Ma claimed this to be in protest of the Tsai administration’s deliberate efforts to remove symbolism of the Republic of China (ROC), instead referring to National Day commemorations as “Taiwan National Day,” and primarily using English phrasing...
With the launch of Taiwan’s first domestically manufactured submarine, the Narwhal or Hai Kun, last week this has become a matter of national pride for many. In particular, this has been framed in much domestic commentary as an accomplishment for Taiwan at a time when Taiwan seeks to shore up its defenses to deter the threat of a Chinese invasion...
