Property scandal roils S Korea as home prices soar

Accusations that officials at South Korea’s state housing corporation tried to use insider information to cash in on runaway property prices has thrown new fuel on an issue that is draining support ... ( read original story ...)

Tsai tells women to ‘be whoever they want to be’

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday encouraged women to become whoever they want to be, while expressing her hope that the media would stop using the term “strong women” to describe those with ... ( read original story ...)

Cooperation needed to stop house hoarding

Statistics compiled by the Fiscal Information Agency showed that from 2013 to 2019, the number of people who together with their spouse and minor children own four or more residential properties rose ... ( read original story ...)

EDITORIAL: The economy is at a turning point

Moody’s Investors Service last week affirmed Taiwan’s sovereign credit rating of “Aa3” and changed its credit outlook for the nation to “positive” from “stable,” which is not only a first since the ... ( read original story ...)

EDITORIAL: Taiwan cannot rely only on the US

Guyana’s termination of a deal with Taiwan to open a representative office in the South American country not only insulted Taipei, but was also a slap in the face to the US, especially as US President ... ( read original story ...)