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<strong>KMT holding Eric Chu back</strong> The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) decision to lower the flag at its Taipei headquarters to half-staff in honor of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday last week, has drawn protests from deep-blue supporters. Despite their disapproval, after the Japanese government announced it would hold a state funeral for Abe, rumors began to circulate that KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) would attend it during a visit to Japan. In response, Democratic Progressive Party Deputy Secretary-General Lin Fei-fan (�...

Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) yesterday called on the government to extend the use of the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里) and Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County, and to resume construction of the mothballed Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao Dictrict (貢寮). The government has said it would phase out nuclear power by 2025 as part of a plan to shift to green energy. Jaw cited a report by the European Parliament on Wednesday that included nuclear power among the green energy options...

A National Communications Commission (NCC) proposal that TV channels should be numbered using three digits has drawn mixed reactions from channel operators: While some say it would further dilute their revenues, others say it would help level the playing field. The policy was proposed as the current two-digit system has led to congestion in certain channel blocks and rising disputes between channels and cable systems. It has also hindered new channels entering the cable service market. In addition to the new numbering system, the policy would divide channels into eight blocks. Channels with �...

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) sparked a controversy for allegedly pressuring a police officer not to give her a parking ticket. On Tuesday last week, she and her husband parked their vehicle in a no parking zone in a lane along Guangfu S Road in the capital before going into a restaurant. The officer’s body cam footage, which was later released, showed Hsu’s husband emerging from the restaurant and spotting the officer checking their vehicle’s license plate. The police officer told him that he would be receiving a parking ticket. Hsu j...

Australia’s Labor Party is set to take power for the first time since 2013 as voters booted out Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government in a shift likely to bring greater action on climate change, women’s issues and anti-corruption efforts. Morrison conceded defeat last night and congratulated Anthony Albanese on the victory for the Labor Party, which was closing in on a majority in the 151-seat parliament. Australian Broadcasting Corp said Labor won at least 72 seats, compared with 52 for Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition, with independents and third parties taking ...