Demonstrations took place in Taipei outside of the Legislative Yuan in late March over plans by the Tsai administration to roll back stiffened penalties for traffic violations. This took place as part of a series of flash mobs across Taiwan, including not only Taipei, but Hsinchu, Yunlin, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, and Taoyuan...
Polling recently released by the Professor Huang Kun-huei Education Foundation showed that 68.4% of those surveyed viewed “native” languages as in danger of disappearing. This referred to Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Indigenous languages. Moreover, only 37.2% of the surveyed viewed the Ministry of Education’s policies as effective in preserving native languages...
A 7.4 earthquake that struck Taiwan on Tuesday, proving to be the largest earthquake in 25 years. The earthquake struck at 7:58 AM. Though a tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake, this was withdrawn not too long after...
A hike in electricity prices that started on Monday will likely lead to another round of political contestation between the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps. In particular, the pan-Blue camp will probably try to redirect public anger regarding the price hikes to push for nuclear energy, in line with its energy platform...
Controversy has broken out in the wake of a food contamination incident that led to two deaths. Two died after eating at the Polam Kopitiam location in the Far Eastern Department Store Xinyi A1 in downtown Taipei. The poisoning incidents occurred between March 19th and last Sunday...
A recent series of proposals from the KMT aims to expand the power of the legislature. This would allow legislators the ability to approve the appointment of officials, as well as conduct investigations of organizations, sections of government, the military, the police, and legal entities. To this extent, legislators would be granted the power to summon government officials and hold them in contempt for not complying, leading to fines of up to 300,000 NT...
Anti-nuclear groups demonstrated in front of the Legislative Yuan on March 11th, to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. The Fukushima disaster involved the catastrophic meltdown of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on March 11th, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan...
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...
Maritime contention between Taiwan and China continues, following the rescue of two Taiwanese fishers by the Chinese Coast Guard after the two became adrift during a fishing trip. This occurred due to the engine failure of their vessel...
A social outcry has broken out after the death of a one-year-old in foster care. The child reportedly died because of abuse by the caregiver, surnamed Liu...