14+ hour, 31+ min ago   (189+ words) Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) today returned to Taiwan after attending the Second Ventotene European Conference for Freedom and Democracy in Italy. Upon her arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Hsiao delivered remarks via livestream about her visit to the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (475+ words) A Taiwanese academic yesterday slammed Chinese drama Emperor Jiaqing and the Journey to Taiwan (嘉慶君遊臺灣), saying it distorted history and promoted a cross-strait unification narrative. The microdrama is funded and presented by Jingcai Taiwan, a Chinese state-run media platform of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (532+ words) European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno on Saturday praised Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) as a role model for freedom-loving women around the world and said she would soon begin planning a trip to Taipei after accepting Hsiao’s invitation to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (463+ words) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday encouraged newlyweds to have children while attending a mass wedding held by Chunghwa Telecom in Taipei, where 72 couples were married. Cho, who served as a witness at the ceremony at the Grand Hotel, thanked the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (420+ words) State-owned oil supplier CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) on Saturday announced that it would raise domestic gasoline prices by NT$0.7 (US$0.02) per liter and diesel prices by NT$0.6 per liter this week after international crude oil prices rose above US…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (347+ words) More than 100 Taiwanese-Americans, Taiwanese lawmakers and members of civic groups on Saturday marched through New York City to call for Taiwan’s participation in the UN, with Marshall Island Permanent Representative to the UN John Silk joining the event to show…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (503+ words) US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he would “love to see” a united Ireland, wading into a politically sensitive subject as he embarked on a two-day Irish visit that blurs the lines between his presidency and personal business interests....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (198+ words) At the same time, Taiwan’s civil society remains vibrant, its independent media serves as a check on government, and public opinion remains solidly in favor of preserving the cross-Strait status quo. In other words, Taiwan’s political system is engaged in…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (568+ words) Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 was a defining moment in its transition to democracy and a declaration to the world that its people would choose their leaders and future, former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said today. In a pre-written…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (381+ words) A rodent’s interruption of a professional baseball game at Taipei Dome on Wednesday sparked renewed discussion of rat control efforts, weeks ahead of the city’s mayoral election. Just before the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game between the Fubon Guardians and…...