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The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday held events nationwide urging people to vote against all four questions in the referendum on Saturday next week. On the ballot are questions related to banning the importation of pork containing traces of the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocation of a natural gas terminal project to protect algal reefs off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), activating the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) and holding referendums alongside elections. Near roads and streets in cities and counties across ...

NUCLEAR RISKS: Taiwan is prone to earthquakes, and a nuclear plant would also be a dangerous target if China were to attack, Control Yuan member Eugene Jao saidBy Wu Su-wei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Taiwan has less funds available and less robust disaster-response procedures than Japan in the event of a nuclear disaster, Control Yuan member Tien Chiu-chin (田秋堇) said on Friday. Tien made the comments while presenting the results of an assessment of the response measures and costs of a potential nuclear disaster in Taiwan, and compared the data with Japan’s response to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster on March 11, 2011. Such a disaster at a Taiwanese nuclear power plant could require the resettlement of up to 10 million people, the report said. Tien and fellow Con...

Taipei, Oct. 27 (CNA) Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and two other defendants were acquitted Wednesday on charges of breach of trust and irregular transactions in a long-running case related to the selling of three media companies owned by the Kuomintang (KMT) over a decade ago.

<strong>Family reunification rights</strong> I am Yunus Burak Aydin, an Alien Resident Certificate holder who has been living in Taiwan for seven-plus years. I am writing this letter to seek family reunification rights for myself and other foreign employees in my situation. My spouse and I are separated right now, and I cannot bring her to Taiwan, as the borders are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a fact that Taiwan’s commitment to the health and safety of its citizens has turned this island nation into a model for success in dealing with global pandemics. While ...