TERMS: The TPP chairman is barred from changing his residence, departing the nation and having one-on-one meetings with defendants and witnesses
The Taipei District Court yesterday released Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on bail of NT$30 million (US$916,870), rejecting a request by prosecutors to extend his incommunicado detention.The request came after prosecutors on Thursday indicted Ko on charges of bribery and corru
Parts of the nation, including in the south, could experience temperatures as low as 7°C early tomorrow morning, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.A strong continental cold air mass coupled with the effect of radiative cooling would bring cold weather to several northern cities
China yesterday launched a new amphibious assault ship capable of launching fighter jets and designed to strengthen the navy’s combat ability in distant seas.The Sichuan, the first ship of the Type 076 class, is China’s largest such ship yet, displacing 40,000 tonnes and equipped with an electromagn
Yemeni rebels yesterday claimed new attacks against Israel, after Israeli airstrikes hit the rebel-held international airport in Sana’a and other targets in Yemen.The Israeli strikes on Thursday landed as the head of the WHO said he and his team were preparing to fly out from Yemen’s Houthi rebel-he
Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) was released on bail around 1pm today, following the Taipei District Court’s ruling this morning to set the former Taipei mayor’s bail at NT$30 million (US$916,576). Ko was met by TPP staff when he exited the detention center where he had been h
The Taipei District Court this morning rejected a request from prosecutors to extend the incommunicado detention of Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) after Ko was indicted on charges of bribery and other forms of corruption yesterday, with prosecutors seeking a total sentence of 2
‘BRIBERY, CORRUPTION’: Prosecutors accused the former Taipei mayor of unlawfully helping a corporation, as well as accumulating about NT$93.71 million illegally
Prosecutors yesterday indicted Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on charges of corruption, embezzlement, breach of trust and other alleged offenses, requesting a combined 28-year, six-month prison term for the former Taipei mayor.Ten other defendants were also indicted by the Taip
CHINA SCENARIO: Participants studied situations including a response to cognitive warfare, deployment of emergency medical services and fixing critical infrastructure
The Presidential Office yesterday conducted its first-ever tabletop exercises simulating a military escalation with China, several defense officials briefed on the matter said.The Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee, which was established by President William Lai (賴清德) in June, held its se
South Korea’s opposition yesterday said that it has filed an impeachment motion against Acting South Korean President Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the South Korean Constitutional Court, which is to decide whether to remove his predecessor from office.The nation fell int
The US Department of Defense has been asked to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday after condemning Russia’s Christmas Day attack on Ukraine’s energy system and some of its cities.Russia attacked Ukraine with cruise and ballistic missiles, as
Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) faces a jail sentence of up to 28.5 years after being indicted today on bribery charges and other forms of corruption, in connection with real estate dealings during his second term as Taipei mayor from 2018-2022.He was also charged for suspected
‘LOSE-LOSE AVOIDED’: The National Delivery Industrial Union hailed the rejection, saying the deal would have hurt the industry and consumers if it had gone ahead
Uber Technologies Inc’s plan to acquire Delivery Hero SE’s local Foodpanda business for US$950 million has been rejected, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said yesterday, citing anti-competitive concerns.UberEats had aimed to complete the all-cash deal by the first half of next year. The acquisition
CHRISTMAS DRAW: The KMT is to send lawmakers Ko Ju-chun and Lee Yen-hsiu as its representatives on the delegation, which is to be in the US from Jan. 18 to 24
Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) is to lead a delegation of officials to US president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, Presidential Office Secretary-General Pan Men-an (潘孟安) said during a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee in Taipei y
The US’ National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) enhances US support for Taiwan and counters China’s misrepresentation of UN Resolution 2758, the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) said in a statement on Tuesday.The Washington-based Taiwanese nonprofit promotes cooperation between Taiwa
Christians on Tuesday gathered at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, while Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican.In Bethlehem, festive decorations were missing for a second consecutive year.The crowd of several hundred paled in comparison to the th
An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people on board crashed yesterday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, with more than 30 people likely dead, officials said.The Kazakhstani Ministry of Emergencies said in a statement on Telegram that five crew were among those on board.At least 29 had been hospitalize
CONSIDERING OPTIONS: Lai’s office said he regrets, but respects the outcome, and his administration is looking at all legal and constitutional means to maintain democracy
The Legislative Yuan yesterday rejected all seven nominees for the Constitutional Court, an expected outcome that could immobilize the court.President William Lai (賴清德) nominated the justice candidates, including the nominees for the president and vice president of the Judicial Yuan, at the end of A
TRAINING DAY: The group said it created eight types of training simulators, including a virtual reality system designed to prepare remote pilots in takeoffs and landings
The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology received an order from the navy for a domestically developed exploding drone, the state-owned defense technology research group said yesterday.The institute is conducting the final certification tests before delivering Loitering Munition 1 to the nav
Taiwanese scientists have developed the world’s first ultra-high-speed four-dimensional microscope in a breakthrough that enables the observation of electric activity in living neurons.A multidisciplinary group of researchers from National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Tsing Hua University cr
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