Human Rights

The Supreme Court has upheld 16-year and 15-year-and-a-half prison sentences handed to two Bamboo Union members involved in the 2020 shooting of internet celebrity Holger Chen (???).Taiwan’s highest appellate court rejected appeals from Chen’s attacker…

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether an article in the Civil Code limiting the circumstances in which couples can file for divorce violates the Constitution’s protection of individual freedoms. The case relates to Clause 2, Article 1052 of the Civil Code, which states that a husband or wife may petition for divorce … Read more

Typhoon Muifa, which is currently due east of Taipei, is forecast to bring more rain to northern and eastern Taiwan on Tuesday before pulling away from the island in the afternoon or evening, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). As of 8 p.m. Monday, the storm was located in waters 250 kilometers east of … Read more

The Taipei office of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association will open its basement floor Monday for people to pay their respects to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated during an election campaign event in Nara, Japan Friday, …

A man was arrested by Tainan police on Friday for leaving threatening remarks online about wanting to kill President Tsai Ing-wen (???), just hours after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated.”If it was me I would also want to shoo…

Cheng Yu-hsuan (???) has become the first Taiwanese chocolatier to be included on 50 Next’s list of 50 Gamechanging Producers, which honors “farmers, artisans, and makers powering the supply chain in innovative ways.”He was ranked No. 34 for his goal o…

Apple Online, the sister website of Hong Kong’s now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, plans to lay off 280 employees in August, a Taipei Department of Labor official said Tuesday.Chen Kun-hung (???), head of the department’s Employment Security Division, …