Taipei: Taiwan ranked seventh globally in citizen participation in the Global State of Democracy 2026 report released Tuesday by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). Taiwan
Tokyo: The anti-Henoko “All Okinawa” camp’s 12-year hold on the Okinawa governorship ended Sunday when former Naha Deputy Mayor Genta Koja unseated two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki in a six-candidate race.
Taipei: Labor Minister Hung Sun-han stated Tuesday that “equal participation and reciprocal dignity” would guide Taiwan’s participation in an upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting in China. Hung is
Taipei: A study by researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) has documented ongoing natural selection shaping disease susceptibility among Taiwan’s contemporary population.
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Taipei: A village chief candidate in New Taipei was released on NT$100,000 (US$3,145) bail and barred from leaving the country as prosecutors investigate allegations of vote-buying through the distribution of
Taipei: Death row inmate Lin Wang-jen, who was convicted of setting fire to a karaoke bar that killed five people in 2004, died of an illness on Monday, authorities confirmed.
Taipei: Wildlife conservation groups on Tuesday urged the government to incorporate ecological considerations into public policymaking rather than responding only after environmental harm has occurred, ahead of the 2026 Walk
Paris: The 29th Taiwan-France Cultural Award has been presented to Tamkang University’s Wu Hsi-deh and Victor Louzon, an assistant professor of history at Sorbonne University. At a prize ceremony in
