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By Jason Pan / Staff reporterLin Hsing-er （林杏兒） of the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） might be denied her post as a Taipei city councilor after the Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday filed a civil case regarding the Nov. 26 election in Taipei’s first electoral district.

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) deputy secretary-general Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) yesterday requested that party executives offer a public apology for revealing the name of the KMT member who filed a complaint about alleged illicit activities in the KMT Central Standing Committee vote on March 5. The KMT has been rocked by allegations that Legislator Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) bought votes so that he could play a leading role in the party’s decisionmaking body. “Many people have heard of the v...

Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) The Kuomintang (KMT) on Wednesday expressed its "resolute opposition" to lifting Taiwan's ban on food imports from Japanese prefectures affected by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in the absence of what it called science-backed measures to guarantee the safety of such imported products.

The Chinese military’s record number of incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) has undermined peace in the region, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, warning Beijing against further actions that could accidentally spark conflict across the Taiwan Strait. “Chinese aggression has severely undermined regional peace and stability,” Tsai said at the weekly meeting of the Democratic Progressive Party’s Central Standing Committee. “Beijing must refra...

Tsai Ing-wen said the recent Chinese military maneuvers had "seriously undermined regional peace and stability."

The Chinese military’s record number of incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) has undermined peace in the region, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, warning Beijing against further actions that could accidentally spark conflict across the Taiwan Strait. “Chinese aggression has severely undermined regional peace and stability,” Tsai said at the weekly meeting of the Democratic Progressive Party’s Central Standing Committee. “Beijing must refra...

Taipei, June 2 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Wednesday urged the public to stand united in the fight against the current COVID-19 outbreak and said her government will spare no effort to contain the disease.

Jaw not running for KMT top job By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) yesterday said he would not be running for chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). He had initially expressed an interest in seeking the position with the intention of “saving the party and the country,” said Jaw, who rejoined the KMT in February. However, there was no need for the KMT Central Standing Committee to revise a requirement in the party’s el...

Jaw Shaw-kong rejoins KMT, eyes chair election By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter Media personality and Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong’s (趙少康) request to return to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has been approved, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said yesterday, adding that Jaw would be appointed to the party’s Central Advisory Committee after the Lunar New Year holiday. Jaw on Monday announced that he had submitted an application to restore his membershi...