Taiwan People’s Party

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

Brian Hioe
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...
EnglishFeaturedMarch 2026Politics5 min read

What Does the KMT’s Version of the Special Budget for Defense Tell Us?

Brian Hioe
The KMT has finally released its own version of the special defense budget. This proves, in some sense, a reversal of stance for the KMT, which previously sought to block any arms purchases from the US by way of the special defense budget, voting this down ten times. This occurred with the claim that the US was simply trying to foist useless weapons onto Taiwan through arms purchases and that arms purchases would, in fact, provoke China to further hostilities directed at Taiwan...
America and the Asia PacificCross StraitEnglishInternationalMarch 2026Regional Tensions5 min read