ROAD TO HISTORY: When Lee Teng-hui joined the KMT, the likelihood of a Taiwanese becoming ROC president, much less its first directly elected one, was
PERSONAL CONSUMPTION: The president implemented a policy that officials’ bags should be checked like those of regular travelers, unless they contain s
INDONESIA TRIPS: Following accusations of corruption, Su said he had been invited by a group of supporters of Tsai Ing-wen, and had not gone with offi
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterBasketball star Chang Tsung-hsien (張宗憲) of the Formosa Dreamers was questioned by Taipei prosecutors yesterday in connect
By Sean Lin / Staff reporterPresidential Office Secretary-General Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) yesterday said that he would file a defamation suit against Chin
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Ama Museum in Taipei, dedicated to Taiwan’s “comfort women,” is to close on Nov. 10 for financial reasons, the Tai
FORCED LABOR: Customs officials have seized a 11.8 tonne shipment of products made from human hair on suspicion they were produced by people facing hu
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe nation has donated 100,000 masks to Ethiopia, showing that “Taiwan can help” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom G
‘INCOMPREHENSIBLE’: Justin Huang is not a qualified candidate due to controversy when he served as a county commissioner, the DPP deputy secretary-gen
SEEKING JUSTICE: The KMT issued the criticism following the death on Thursday of the father of a railway officer killed by a mentally ill man who was
UNDERMINING RELATIONS: Both sides of the Strait must foster the stable environment needed for virus recovery, Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chen M
陳尚懋/佛光大學公共事務學系教授兼南向辦公室主任文化創意產業(cultural and creative industry)已經成為目前世界上最重要的產業之一。根據聯合國貿易和發展會議(United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTA
‘BOUNCED CHECKS’: The government failed on many policies, such as creating a social safety net, and did not uphold the cross-strait ‘status quo,’ Alic
美國數位媒體《Quartz》13日專文報導以「某國可能從疫情中崛起,並轉變得更強大」為標題,以地緣政治學角度分析台灣在此次全球險峻疫情中異軍崛起,並預期台灣在疫情過後非但不衰頹萎靡,反而蛻變得更強大。美國數位媒體《Quartz》 報導,武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)疫情猖獗,全球逾40
‘WIND IS BLOWING’: European lawmakers have called on their health ministers to request the World Health Assembly let Taiwan’s Chen Shih-chung particip
BAILOUTS COMING: The increase would cover subsidies for affected companies’ operating costs, grants for needy households and programs to spur consumer
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to invite Taiwan
FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN: The AIT wrote it would share posts supporting Taiwan’s participation in the WHO body and greater participation on the global stage
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE: Attacks against advocates of democracy would happen again if the masterminds are not identified, DPP Legislator Chao Tien-lin
WARNING: It was the first time Chinese warplanes were spotted close to Taiwan’s air defense identification zone at night, before Taiwanese F-16 jets d