August 5, 2025

Economics Minister’s Comment on US Investment Misunderstood, Says Ministry

Kaohsiung: The Ministry of Economic Affairs has objected to characterizations that Taiwan has committed to invest US$400 billion in the United States to get its 20 percent tariff rate lowered, after the agency’s head said such a deal might be necessary. At a seminar in Kaohsiung Monday with business representatives,

Ex-FSC Bureau Head Gets 53-Month Sentence in Insider Trading Case

Taipei: The Taiwan High Court has sentenced a former Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) official to four years and five months in prison in connection with a stock-rigging case dating back two decades. According to Focus Taiwan, the ruling was handed down in the fifth retrial of Lee Chin-cheng, who served

Hsu Wei-ling to Make LPGA International Crown Debut

Taipei: Taiwanese golfer Hsu Wei-ling has secured a spot in the 2025 International Crown, organized by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), following a recent rise in her world ranking. According to Focus Taiwan, Hsu climbed to No. 83 in the world after finishing tied for sixth at the AIG

Supreme Court Rejects Retrial Request from Death Row Inmate

Taipei: Taiwan’s Supreme Court has rejected a request for a retrial from death row inmate Lu Wen-sheng, ruling that a lower court’s decision to dismiss the petition was procedurally sound and legally valid. According to Focus Taiwan, the ruling affirms an earlier decision by the Taichung Branch of the Taiwan

Green Island Biennial Explores Islands of Repression and Resilience

Taipei: After the first group of political prisoners was sent to Green Island in May 1951, several thousand more followed over the next three decades, incarcerated on a small outpost off Taiwan’s southeastern coast. Much like those facing the White Terror on Taiwan proper, inmates held at the island’s New

#MeToo: TV Personality Nono Indicted on Rape, Forced Indecency Charges

Taipei: The Shilin District Prosecutors Office has indicted Taiwanese television personality Nono, whose real name is Chen Hsuan-yu, on charges of rape and forced indecency involving two women. According to Focus Taiwan, the indictment follows allegations that Chen visited a Taipei spa between 2011 and 2013, where he allegedly raped