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/ Staff Writer, with CNATaiwan People’s Party （TPP） founder and Chairman Ko Wen-je （柯文哲） yesterday vowed to end political wrangling and extend goodwill to China, as he officially launched his campaign for next year’s presidential election.

/ Staff Writer, with CNAThe Chinese Nationalist Party’s （KMT） presidential candidate, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi （侯友宜）, yesterday pledged to protect Taiwan’s freedom and democracy amid “geopolitical” tensions.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) was forced to postpone his address to the Legislative Yuan at the start of its new session Friday due to a boycott by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) over the government's handling of a range of issues.

Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) Incumbent Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) will continue serving in Premier-designate Chen Chien-jen's (陳建仁) new Cabinet, Chen said in a Facebook post on Sunday.

CROSS-PARTY SUPPORT: For the amendment to pass, 50% of all eligible voters would have had to support the initiative, with about 9.62 million ‘yes’ votes cast/ Staff writer, with CNA

Referendum decides whether constitution will be amended to lower voting age to 18 | 2022-11-26 10:42:00

FALLING SHORT: A proposal to lower the voting age to 18 failed as 5,642,835 people cast their ballot for a constitutional amendment that required at least 9,619,697 ‘yes’ votesStaff Writer, with CNA

Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Student groups and NGOs expressed their disappointment Saturday evening at the failure of a referendum initative that would have lowered the voting age in Taiwan from 20 to 18, and they hinted at other steps to address the issue.

Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) A referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 20 to 18 fell short of the threshold needed to pass Saturday, dealing a blow to groups pushing to bring Taiwan's voting age in line with that of most other democracies.