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An ex-Taipei mayor and former presidential candidate was detained on Thursday for alleged corruption after a Taiwanese court reversed a decision to release him, citing the risk of him destroying evidence and colluding with witnesses. Ko Wen-je, leader of ...

Ko Wen-je, founder of the Taiwan People’s Party, has been detained amid a corruption investigation into a property redevelopment project from when he was Taipei mayor.Most Read from BloombergHow Air ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taipei District Court detained Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) without bail and visitation rights on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 5) amid an ongoing corruption investigation, per CNA.

Taiwanese badminton star Tai Tzu-ying has advanced to the top 16 of this year's Taipei Open. She has reiterated that she still plans to retire by the end of this year, choosing to participate in this tournament because it's held in her home country.

India's mixed doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila marched into the quarterfinals of Taipei Open here on Thursday but the country's men's singles competitors endured second-round losses. Crasto and Kapila took only 33 minutes to brush aside the challenge from Chinese Taipei's Ko-Chi Chang and Yen Yu Lin 21-13 22-20 in their round ...

A Jersey nurse is planning to cycle at least 1,000km around Taiwan to celebrate her 35 years of nursing, while raising funds for the charity she is employed by. Gilly Glendewar is a Tissue Viability ...

A large police presence surrounded the Taipei District Court on Thursday morning (Sept. 5) as Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) was held inside awaiting an afternoon ruling on whether or not he would remain in ...

SINGAPORE – Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua’s psychological thriller Stranger Eyes has been selected to open the 2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (TGHFF). It will make its Asian premiere at the festival, scheduled to run from Nov 7 to 24. It makes its world premiere on Sept 5 at the ongoing Venice Film Festival.

In Taipei, a zero-waste workshop is transforming plastic waste like bottle caps and utensils into valuable items such as sunglasses. Customers experience the recycling process firsthand. The initiative by Miniwiz aims to show how recycling can be practical and eco-friendly.

The FSC is concerned about a potential brain drain from the stockpicking industry caused by demand for passive ETFs ...

Ko Wen-je, head of the Taiwan People's Party, vowed to fight on and launched broadsides against the legal system and the press, accusing them of doing the bidding of President Lai Ching-te's ...

On Monday, the Taipei District Court ruled that former Taipei People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) could be released without bail amid a probe into alleged corruption involving a ...

Third, he trusted the majority resolution and the opinions of former Taipei deputy mayor Pong Cheng-sheng (彭振聲). Fourth, although increasing the floor-area-ratio (FAR) of the Core Pacific City project ...

Lawyers want Taipei's former Deputy Mayor Pong Cheng-sheng released from detention amid a corruption case that's shaken Taiwan. Meanwhile, prosecutors appeal to have the city's former Mayor Ko Wen-je ...

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday it was monitoring Chinese landing drills taking place in a province that lies opposite the island on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, where previous ...