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 ...
Taiwan People’s Party say charges against Ko Wen-je ‘fabricated’
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 ...
Former Taiwan Presidential Hopeful Arrested for Corruption
(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 ...
Ex-Taipei mayor arrested in corruption probe
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 ...
Taipei’s former mayor Ko Wen-je arrested in graft probe
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.
Property limits
as more people own one or two residential properties that are not in use. The government is raising property taxes on multiple-home ownership to curb house hoarding, which takes effect in May next ...
Corporates Discount China Invasion Of Taiwan
The smart money is betting that China won’t invade Taiwan, says a piece in the Nikkei by Philip Hou and Eric Guyot which argues that $25 billion of foreign company investment in Taiwan in the last ...
Lai family home to open as miners’ museum: DPP
President William Lai’s (賴清德) family home in New Taipei City has been turned into a miners’ museum and is to be open to the public for free from October, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ...
Conservationists and Hunters Team Up To Protect Taiwan’s Endangered Bears – TaiwanPlus News
Taiwan's hunters and conservationists are working to promote a new trap designed to keep the country's endangered Formosan black bears safe.
Ko confirms using election subsidy to buy property
Article 41 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法) states that “if a pair of candidates received not less than one-third of the total vote, they shall receive a ...
Court rules in favor of KMT in party HQ lawsuit
Photo: Taipei Times file The court said the committee must withdraw its 2018 administrative order demanding that the KMT hand over the NT$1.14 billion it made from the property sale. The KMT in March ...
FOMO Frenzy Fuels Taiwan Home Prices Despite Threat of China Invasion
Property website Leju says inventories of preowned homes in Taiwan have fallen by almost a third in the past year. That hasn’t done much to damp enthusiasm among buyers, regardless of the political ...
Taiwan Central Bank Warns Lenders It May Act to Cool Property
Taiwan’s central bank announced broader efforts to get banks to cool their property lending, warning it’s prepared to take action if persuasion doesn’t work.
Property market braced for $500mn Taiwanese semiconductor loss
The London property D&F market is expected to shoulder a substantial portion of a $500mn loss involving a large Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer, Insurance Insider can reveal.
Taiwan office property sector to be a tenants’ market in 2025
New office supply is expected to peak, and it might take a long time for it to be absorbed. The pressure of new supply in 2024 is limited due to the postponement of building construction, and the ...
Taiwan household income and savings hit record high
Taiwan's average annual income hit a record high of NT$709,000 (US$22,180) in 2023, according to a government report released Monday (Aug. 19). The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and ...