Brian Hioe

Looking back at the recent Murder of the Century scandal, particularly that some actors were unaware the Lin family massacre is still technically unsolved, one finds it horrifying what extent there is a lack of knowledge of the White Terror in society

FEATURE: Academics hail first Taigi experimental school - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Interesting to hear of this educational initiative

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Taichung mayor to visit U.S. in mid-March - Focus Taiwan Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) confirmed Saturday a local media report that she will embark on an 11-day visit to the United States starting March 11.

Lu attempting to build up her foreign policy credentials in preparation for a presidential run, it appears

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This is the second of a series of gatherings that will explore decolonial ideas about healing, therapy and community support.

林宅血案找不到真相！ 賴清德：當年許多證據已被「系統性毁滅」 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 總統賴清德今南下高雄主持228紀念追思活動，他致詞時提及，林宅血案有直接或間接相關的檔卷已經全數解密，但令人遺憾的是，經過詳盡的追查後發現，林宅血案和當年的資料並未完整，甚至口述資料也並非真實正確，尤其從促轉會或監察院等調查報告，當年許多證據已被「系統性毁滅」。

Comments by Lai suggest that records related to the Lin family massacre were destroyed during the authoritarian era

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Important read

Lolwut

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Unfortunate Taiwan has such difficulties letting go of a fixation on capital punishment

An update on our Palestine initiative

Taipei unveils pioneering subsidy for childcare-related work-hour cut - Focus Taiwan The Taipei City government is launching a pilot program to subsidize businesses that reduce daily work hours by one hour for parents of children aged 12 and below who meet eligibility requirements, en...

Wonder if other cities will take up such programs if this works out—could relieve some of the burden on parents

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Taipei unveils pioneering subsidy for childcare-related work-hour cut - Focus Taiwan The Taipei City government is launching a pilot program to subsidize businesses that reduce daily work hours by one hour for parents of children aged 12 and below who meet eligibility requirements, en...

Wonder if other cities will take up such programs if this works out—could relieve some of the burden on parents

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Fun times we live in, lol

YouTube video by Tyrel Cameron Eskelson Inside Taiwan’s Activist Culture: A Conversation with Brian Hioe - The Interlocutor Podcast Ep. 68

Spoke about activism and the writing process for Taipei at Daybreak on The Interlocutor Podcast

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Ironically, given that the KMT froze Taiwan's Constutitional Court, it will probably use the recent Supreme Court ruling against Trump's tariffs to attack the DPP

Taiwan releases forced labor prevention guide for businesses - Focus Taiwan The Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Tuesday released a reference guide to help Taiwanese businesses prevent forced labor and "reduce operational risks" amid growing international scrutiny of migrant worker...

Probably a good move, if it makes Taiwanese companies aware that their practice constitute forced labor

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Political parties agree to send special defense bill to committee - Focus Taiwan Ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to place the Executive Yuan's draft special act on defense procurement on the Legislative Yuan's March 6 plenary agenda and refer it to committee for revie...

Some movement on defense spending legislation?

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Tonight! At the same time as Pen Club

DPP caucus elects new leaders, Tsai Chi-chang named whip - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

This is big. Ker Chien-ming, who has served as DPP caucus whip for over two decades, replaced by Tsai Chi-Chang. Will this mean a new leaf for the DPP legislative caucus?

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Political parties agree to send special defense bill to committee - Focus Taiwan Ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to place the Executive Yuan's draft special act on defense procurement on the Legislative Yuan's March 6 plenary agenda and refer it to committee for revie...

Will the KMT just the to shoot it down again? Guess we’ll see

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A very timely event!

Interestingly, the controversy over "Murder of the Century" seems to have added to the weight of calls for declassifying such documents

Taiwan's Martial Law-era archives fully declassified - Focus Taiwan Taiwan's top intelligence agency said Monday that it has completely declassified tens of thousands of political archives it possessed from the Martial Law period and transferred them to the National A...

Glad to see--a much-delayed and highly necessary move in order to unearth historical truth

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Lai signals willingness to address legislature after 5-branch tea party - Focus Taiwan Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Monday after meeting five top officials at a Presidential Office tea gathering that he is willing to deliver a national affairs report at the Legislative Yua...

I wonder if the KMT will try to throw raw meat at Lai, as they did once in the legislature, lol

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tomorrow!

Wrote on Taiwan's longstanding abuse of migrant workers for @demchronicles

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Taiwan should prepare response to possible U.S. Section 301 probe: Scholar - Focus Taiwan Taiwan must act preemptively against potential Section 301 investigations as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to a new tariff strategy following a Supreme Court ruling that voided previous tariff mea...

It's probably to be expected that the opposition will use uncertainties about tariffs to attack the Lai administration

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Details awaiting! Discount defence budget? Seen from the outside, it is puzzling that Taiwan is not united in defending Taiwan while China is increasing its military threats.

Ministry reapplies for ASF-free status after outbreak - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Government seeks to regain ASF-free status

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KMT readies own defense budget proposal - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Looks like the KMT has been pushed into a position where it has to come up with some version of defense now

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李貞秀所交除籍證明有詭！ 官員：恐涉《刑法》登載不實罪 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 民眾黨不分區立委李貞秀未放棄中華人民共和國國籍，登記參選立委仍具「雙重戶籍」涉違反兩岸條例，她農曆年前出示的註銷中國戶籍證明文件，其「追溯」寫法也與其他中配繳交的除籍證明不同。對此，知情官員受訪表示，該文件相當詭異，若內容有虛偽情事，恐觸犯《刑法》「使公務員登載不實罪」。李貞秀2月13日曾至陸委會外召開記者會稱，她在1993年因為婚姻來台，1999年依法獲准定居、設立戶籍，並取得中華民國身分證，同...

Looks like there are issues with the documentation for Li Zhenxiu giving up Chinese nationality

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