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By Chen Yu-fu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerMore than 350 streets are named after Chiang Kai-shek （蔣介石） or his son Chiang Ching-kuo （蔣經國）, due to an edict issued during the nation’s authoritarian era, a study by the Transitional Justice Commission showed.

A planned launch site for sounding rockets in Pingtung County might become available at the end of this month, if local Aborigines agree with its establishment, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Thursday. The ministry and the National Space Organization (NSPO) for more than a year have been negotiating an agreement to use the site in Mudan Township’s (牡丹) Syuhai Village (旭海). Although the National Property Administration owns the site, meaning the ministry has rights to us...

2021/05/20 12:32 Tama Talum. Tama Talum. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After a long, protracted legal battle, the Presidential Office on Thursday (May 20) issued a pardon to Bunun tribe member Tama Talum, citing the Constitution and the Amnesty Act (赦免法). On Thursday, Presidential Office Spokesperson Kolas Yotaka announced that in order to "express respect for the traditions of the Indigenous peoples," President Ts...

Aboriginal advocates demand name rights By Chien Hui-ju / Staff reporter Aboriginal rights advocates yesterday protested in Taipei, demanding that their names be written in the Roman alphabet on identification cards and official papers, and that Chinese versions of their name be dropped. At the protest in front of the Ministry of the Interior, demonstrators urged the government to amend regulations that require a Chinese name and an Aboriginal name in the Roman alphabet on identification card...