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Ko Wen-je Sentenced to Seventeen Years in Jail, Potentially Preventing Any 2028 Run

Brian Hioe03/26/2026

Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has been sentenced to 17 years in jail and 6 years of being deprived of his civil rights. This marks a heavy sentence for the founder of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) founder, who ran as the TPP presidential candidate in the 2024 election. Before his legal troubles in the last two years, Ko continued to be a presidential hopeful...

EnglishMarch 2026Politics5 min read

Will the TPP and KMT Cooperate in the Upcoming Elections?

Brian Hioe03/09/2026

Uncertainties remain about whether the KMT and TPP will cooperate in the upcoming local elections later this year...

EnglishMarch 2026Politics4 min read

Holger Chen Investigated Over Call to Behead Lai

Brian Hioe10/11/2025

Streamer and influencer Holger Chen is currently under investigation for calling for President Lai Ching-te’s decapitation during a livestream...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalOctober 2025Politics4 min read

TPP Proposal Seeks to Change Criminal Justice System to Free Ko

Brian Hioe08/22/2025

A legal proposal from the TPP seeks to end pre-trial detentions over collusion. That is, Taiwan’s criminal justice system allows for pre-trial detention of individuals on charges of collusion, referring to that individuals may collaborate with others to conceal or destroy evidence...

August 2025EnglishPolitics4 min read

Two-Year Legislative Term Limit Poses Hurdles for the TPP

Brian Hioe07/19/2025

The TPP is caught in a dilemma regarding a provision in the party charter that its legislators would rotate after two-year terms. The party previously pledged in the course of electioneering that the party would, unlike other political parties in the Taiwanese legislature, swap out its slate of legislators for other members of its party list after two years...

EnglishJuly 2025Politics5 min read

TPP Trial Livestreaming Proposal Aims to Drum Up Outrage Over Ko Wen-je

Brian Hioe07/04/2025

In an unusual legislative proposal, the TPP has proposed that legal proceedings be livestreamed in the future. The proposal has since been pushed through the legislature by the TPP and KMT...

EnglishJuly 2025Politics5 min read

Shezidao Ruling Results in Overturning of Environmental Impact Assessment

Brian Hioe04/30/2025

A ruling from the Taipei High Administrative Court earlier this month resulted in a win for Shezidao residents. Shezidao is an island in Taipei, which has long seen plans by the city government for development–the Hau Lung-bin administration suggested that Shezidao could become Taiwan’s Manhattan, for example...

April 2025EnglishEnvironmentalSocial Movements3 min read

TPP Legislator Resigns After Weeks of Controversy

Brian Hioe02/25/2025

Several KMT and TPP lawmakers have come under scrutiny over corruption allegations in the past days. However, it is to be seen whether such allegations affect them politically at a time when recall campaigns against all KMT legislators are ongoing...

EnglishFebruary 2025Politics5 min read

Huang Kuo-chang Elected Chair of the TPP by Overwhelming Margins

Brian Hioe02/17/2025

Huang Kuo-chang was elected chair of the TPP this weekend. Huang’s victory was by overwhelming margins, in that he defeated his only competitor, former legislator Tsai Pi-ru, by 8,903 votes to 360. As such, Huang won 96.11% of votes, while Tsai only won 3.89% of votes...

EnglishFebruary 2025Politics5 min read

Former KMT Legislator Faces Charges Over Chinese Election Interference

Brian Hioe02/14/2025

Former KMT legislator Chang Hsien-yao faces charges of violating the Anti-Infiltration Act and Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act, in accepting instructions from the Chinese government to interfere with the 2024 presidential elections. Chang traveled to China several times in 2023 as part of receiving instruction, meeting with individuals such as Taiwan Affairs Office director Song Tao, current Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference chair Yeh Yu-shan, and CCP chief ideologist Wang Huning, who has taken a more proactive role in Taiwan matters for the CPP in recent years...

EnglishFebruary 2025Politics5 min read

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Ko Wen-je Sentenced to Seventeen Years in Jail, Potentially Preventing Any 2028 Run

Will the TPP and KMT Cooperate in the Upcoming Elections?

Holger Chen Investigated Over Call to Behead Lai

TPP Proposal Seeks to Change Criminal Justice System to Free Ko

Two-Year Legislative Term Limit Poses Hurdles for the TPP

TPP Trial Livestreaming Proposal Aims to Drum Up Outrage Over Ko Wen-je

TPP Legislator Resigns After Weeks of Controversy

Huang Kuo-chang Elected Chair of the TPP by Overwhelming Margins

Former KMT Legislator Faces Charges Over Chinese Election Interference

Fucha Released, But Prevented From Returning to Taiwan

Wave of Plastic Surgery Clinics Found to be Secretly Filming Patients

Childcare Workers Push Back Against New Surveillance Regulations

Lai Administration Moves to Expand Regulation of Travel to China by Government Officials

Fucha Released, But Prevented From Returning to Taiwan

Wave of Plastic Surgery Clinics Found to be Secretly Filming Patients

Lai Administration Moves to Expand Regulation of Travel to China by Government Officials