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KMT Reverses Course on Drones, Passes Caning Referendum
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (550+ words) New Bloom Magazine KMT Reverses Course on Drones, Passes Caning Referendum THE KMT HAS passed a 44.2 billion NT six-year budget for drone funding, as well as 19.2 billion NT in procurement for Executive Yuan agencies. This takes place as part of…...
KMT Hits Out At Internet Disruption Drill as???Martial Law???
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (500+ words) KMT Hits Out At Internet Disruption Drill as “Martial Law” New Bloom Magazine KMT Hits Out At Internet Disruption Drill as “Martial Law” THE KMT HAS hit out at an Internet slowdown drill, which was conducted during the annual Wan-an…...
Uber Eats Pay Calculation Dispute Reflects Familiar Issues
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (621+ words) New Bloom Magazine Uber Eats Pay Calculation Dispute Reflects Familiar Issues THE NATIONAL DELIVERY INDUSTRY UNION has filed a lawsuit against Uber Eats for underpaying workers delivering multiple orders at once, a practice referred to as “stacked orders”. In particular,…...
In Response to Food Oil Scandal, Chiang Wan-an Calls for Expediting Legislative Elections
1+ week, 5+ day ago (227+ words) Notably, Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an took center stage during the rally, in that the rally was largely initiated and led by Chiang. This has been interpreted as reflecting Chiang’s presidential ambitions. During the rally, however, Chiang made an unusual proposal....
“Writing is the Last Line of Defense”: An Interview with Palestinian Poet Yahya Al Hamarna
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1025+ words) “Writing is the last line of defense.” — Yahya Al Hamarna, My Voice Cannot Be Bombed (2025) For me, literature has never been an escape from reality. It is a way of entering reality more deeply. Poetry allows me to speak about…...
Batanes Claims Show Chinese Nationalism’s Irredentist Streak
2+ week, 5+ day ago (530+ words) New Bloom Magazine Batanes Claims Show Chinese Nationalism’s Irredentist Streak CLAIMS BY Chinese scholars that Batanes, which constitutes the smallest province of the Philippines, belongs to China were widely circulated in Philippine media last month. In particular, the claims were…...
What Does the Closure of Taiwan’s Representative Office in Papua New Guinea Mean?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (187+ words) PAPUA NEW GUINEA ordered the closure of Taiwan’s representative offices earlier this month, in another diplomatic setback for the Lai administration. The overall impact is likely to be limited, in that Papua New Guinea is not a major trading or…...
Recent Incident Highlights Use of Chinese Parts in Biometric Equipment in Police, Coast Guard, and Customs
3+ week, 1+ day ago (663+ words) New Bloom Magazine Recent Incident Highlights Use of Chinese Parts in Biometric Equipment in Police, Coast Guard, and Customs DPP LEGISLATOR Lin Chun-hsian publicized earlier this month that the police, coast guard, customs, and CPC Corporation are all suspected of…...
Does the KMT Intend to Drastically Cut the Budget Yet Again?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (472+ words) ONE YEAR AFTER the KMT stoked controversy over pushing through the largest set of budget cuts in Taiwanese history–freezing or cutting 1/3rd of the government’s operation expenses–it appears that the party intends to continue efforts to drastically reduce government…...
Ma Wen-chun Again Accused of Leaking Confidential Details About Taiwanese Military
3+ week, 3+ day ago (462+ words) THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (MND) has announced plans to domestically manufacture explosives. Specifically, the MND intends to produce RDX, or hexogen, in Taiwan. RDX is used in bombs, grenades, shells, and other explosive ordnance, including Composition B, PBXN-109, and…...