Category: PROPERTY

Former presidential candidate has been detained as part of a corruption probe into a property development when he was Taipei mayor.

In a decisive move to protect its high-tech industry, Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau (MJIB) has initiated a comprehensive investigation into alleged corporate espionage by Chinese ...

Taiwan's housing prices have soared, becoming one of the highest among advanced countries, with minimum wages finding it hard to catch up.

A court ordered the release of a former Taipei mayor and presidential candidate arrested over the weekend as part of a graft probe, citing insufficient evidence to justify his detention.

Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) reiterated last week that the government had not imposed restrictions on housing loans, amid heavy news coverage and online discussion of the issue as the housing market ...

TAIPEI—A Taiwanese court on Monday ordered the release of a former Taipei mayor and presidential candidate arrested over the weekend as part of a graft probe, citing insufficient evidence to justify ...

Taiwan is home to fewer than 1,000 trees over 65 meters high—and that number is now dwindling. TaiwanPlus meets the scientist trying to find out why.

Ko Wen-je, mayor from 2014 to 2022 and who came third in January’s presidential election, was arrested on Saturday after investigators raided his home and his Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and ...

A Taiwanese court on Monday ordered the release of a former Taipei mayor and presidential candidate arrested over the weekend as part of a graft probe, citing insufficient evidence to justify his ...

The TPP and KMT joined forces this year to push through reforms to give parliament greater oversight power that prompted mass protests. Those reforms, opposed by President Lai Ching-te's DPP, are ...

Ko, who garnered significant support as a third-party candidate in Taiwan’s recent presidential election ... a move that reportedly benefitted property developers by expanding the project’s ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taipei District Prosecutors Office responded to accusations of misconduct by the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) in the ongoing investigation of former Taipei Mayor and TPP ...

In the statement, the TPP says that Ko has been “framed with fabricated charges despite his cooperation” with authorities. The party also alleges that before his arrest, prosecutors and journalists ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ko Wen-je, former leader of Taiwan’s opposition party, was arrested after almost 19 hours of interrogation in connection with a property development scandal that occurred while he was ...

A former Taiwan presidential candidate was arrested Saturday after he was questioned over his alleged role in a property scandal that occurred when he was mayor of Taipei.Ko Wen-je, a former ...

Ko Wen-je, a former mayor of Taipei and opposition party leader, has been arrested as part of a graft investigation involving a major property development in the Taiwanese capital.