Taiwan's legislature has yet to reach consensus on the Executive Yuan's proposed 'Special Act for Strengthening Defense Resilience and Asymmetric Combat Capability Procurement' (co......
When Michael You (游盈隆) took the helm of Taiwan's Central Election Commission (CEC) last month, few expected him to immediately pick a fight with the cabinet. Yet within weeks of hi......
A Taiwanese court convicted four engineers and a corporate defendant Monday in a landmark first-instance ruling over the theft of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s (TSMC) c......
The Democratic Progressive Party has yet to formally nominate a candidate for Taipei mayor. But legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) has effectively positioned himself as the frontrunner — d......
Taiwan's attempt to visit its sole African ally, Eswatini, collapsed after Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar revoked overflight and landing permits for President Lai Ching-te's......
On the eve of President Lai Ching-te (賴清德)'s planned visit to Eswatini, the trip was suddenly called off. Since taking office, Lai has been barred from transiting through the conti......
With their term expiring at the end of July, a group of sixth-term Control Yuan commissioners has chosen a remarkable way to go out: reopening an investigation into National Taiwan......
Taiwan is shifting from export-driven manufacturing toward a co-production model with the United States, as Washington accelerates efforts to rebuild its industrial base. The trans......
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally denied allegations published by a South Africa-based outlet targeting its ambassador to Eswatini, calling the reports a coordinat......
Li Zhen-xiu (李貞秀) is truly a pity.Not because she lasted only seventy days as a legislator. Not because she picked a fight with the Taiwan People's Party and got herself kicked out......
Chen Kuan-ju (陳冠如), chairman of the Taiwanese manufacturing company Thunder Tiger, recently revealed that the company is developing a new kamikaze attack drone. Named "Iron Triangl......
The DPP's Taipei mayoral search has become a farce. When Puma Shen (沈伯洋) surfaced as a possible nominee, Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟) — a former legislator freshly joined to the party — prais......
Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 10. Dubbed the "2026 Journey of Peace" by the party, this upcoming summit arrive......
The world is already burning in two places. The Asia-Pacific does not need to become a third. Yet Taiwan's current political climate — marked by a government that conflates dialogu......
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Kuan-ting (陳冠廷) took the stage at the "Maritime Defense Unmanned Trends Forum" on April 7 with a clear message: Taiwan must take ......
Beijing has opened a high-level investigation into Ma Xingrui (馬興瑞), a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo and former party secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomou......
Taiwan's February trade agreement with the United States — struck under pressure from President Donald Trump's tariff policies — may involve significantly more capital flowing to A......
A recent survey released by the National Science and Technology Council, known as the Taiwan Election and Democratization Study (TEDS), found that public support for democratic ins......
Taiwan and the United States recently signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, a controversial deal mandating massive Taiwanese investments in America. The agreement commits Taiwa......
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Furukawa Keiji recently visited Taiwan to attend the ninth Yushan Forum. On March 30, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded......
The indictment of mainland-born spouse Xu Chunying has reignited debate about Chinese infiltration of Taiwan's political parties. But the real casualty may not be the Taiwan People......
Taiwan's legislature has authorized the executive branch to sign Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for four U.S. arms procurement packages, even as the broader NT$1.25 trillion......
A recent examination of State Department records from 1949 housed at the U.S. National Archives illuminates a pivotal "what if" in modern history: Did the United States ever seriou......
When Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) floated the idea of restarting the island's second and third nuclear power plants — with regulatory submissions to the Nuclear Safety Com......
A partisan dispute over the procedural review of Taiwan's proposed $38.5 billion special defense budget threatens to derail critical U.S. weapons procurements, a former U.S. Depart......
Just three weeks before the anticipated first-instance verdict in the high-profile Core Pacific City case, former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) made a dramatic and unprecedented mo......
As Taiwan faces escalating cross-strait security challenges, a quiet revolution is underway within the island's top intelligence and investigative agency. Ministry of Justice Inves......
As Taiwan and the United States formally signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART), attention has turned to the broader trajectory of the U.S.–China tariff dispute ahead of a ......
Taiwan's Constitutional Court has partially invalidated stiff penalties for late supplementary National Health Insurance payments, but the decision—issued by a bare five-justice ma......
As the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy shifts from semiconductors to regulatory frameworks, Taiwan is positioning itself as a "trustworthy" partner in the supply ......
As Taiwanese technology companies expand their manufacturing footprint in the United States, a familiar concern has resurfaced at home: are they being forced to move by Washington?......
The scheduled swearing-in of Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀), a mainland Chinese–born member of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), remains uncertain amid questions over whether she has met the requ......
For many foreign nationals and new immigrants in Taiwan, the hardest barrier to daily life is not language, housing, or employment—it is the bank counter.
In an exclusive interv......
As Taiwan's current legislative session enters its final week, the Taiwan People's Party delivered on party chairman Huang Kuo-chang's post-U.S. visit pledge by introducing its own......
The American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan (AmCham Taiwan) on Jan. 16 welcomed a newly reached tariff arrangement between the United States and Taiwan, saying the agreement would b......
Since taking office at the beginning of 2025, U.S. President Donald Trumphas sparked speculation about future U.S. policy towards Taiwan, particularly in the wake of meeting with C......
Peggy Chen, the wife of former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, posted a critique on Facebook of the ongoing investigation into her husband on corruption charges. "The prosecutor is handlin......
On November 26, the Democratic Progressive Party approved two new nominees for the 2026 mayoral elections: DPP legislator Su Chiao-hui for mayor of New Taipei City and Councilor Ch......
One day in September 2024, Ding Xiaohu - a 68-year-old resident of Mainland China - was standing outside the Sunworld Dynasty Hotel in Taipei, nonchalantly discussing his plans ......
Chinese public security authorities investigators initiated investigations against Democratic Progressive Party legislator Shen Boyang for separatism in October and November 2025. ......
