The KMT is looking to put judicial caning — a punishment practiced in roughly 16 countries and classified by the UN as cruel and degrading — to a public vote in Taiwan, potentially alongside the year-end local elections. KMT Legislator Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) will lead a proposal for a can...

This Tuesday, the Financial Information Service Co. (FISC) announced that it will connect with Japan’s PayPay and Singapore’s NETS systems to allow inbound travelers to use Taiwan’s unified QR code payment standard, TWQR. Integration with Japan’s PayPay is expected to go live first by the ...

Following her trip to China, KMT leader Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said the "1992 Consensus" is not dangerous and will only bring peace and benefits. Speaking in a radio interview on Wednesday, Cheng described her meeting with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping (習近平) as since...

Taiwan’s government is placing high importance on a newly proposed economic cooperation action plan from Lithuania, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said on Tuesday. The Foreign Ministry received the proposal on April 7, signaling continued steady growth in bilateral ties and trade.  ...