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TAIPEI (Bloomberg): A high-profile government spokeswoman in Taiwan has resigned after a media outlet reported that she had an affair with a government-appointed bodyguard.

Nearly every day, fresh allegations emerge, setting off discussions on talk shows and on social media, with newspaper commentaries and activist groups calling for stronger protections for victims.

A torrent of sexual harassment accusations has prompted questions about the state of women’s rights on an island democracy that has long been one of Asia’s most progressive places.

With Presidential elections due in a little more than six months, and with the outcome expected to directly impact ties with Beijing and geostrategic equations in the IndoPacific, Taiwan is being rocked by a succession of allegations of sexual harassment, primarily targeting members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.

President apologises for second time in a week as politics and media embroiled in #MeToo allegations

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Beijing, June 7 (EFE).- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen asked her cabinet Wednesday to outline a series of reforms to promote gender equality amid recent scandals involving politicians from the two main parties in alleged cases of sexual harassment. In a post on her Facebook account, the president said she had tasked Prime Minister Chen Chien-jen …

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Peoples Voice, Reform Party, People’s Power Party and Democratic Progressive Party began discussions in January to form the alliance, said lawyer and politician Lim Tean.