Taiwan Daily News Podcast — June 15, 2026

In this episode: KMT Chair Cheng Li-wen's visit to Washington faces controversy after US State Department assigns a desk officer rather than a deputy assistant secretary, an unprecedented protocol downgrade for a Taiwanese party leader; A five-year-old girl in Pingtung was sexually assaulted nine times by a neighbor, but the perpetrator died before trial, ending the criminal case without justice; Taiwan's Ministry of Education faces backlash over a high school service plan containing language about coordinating with military authorities, which critics say prepares students for war; Taiwan's offshore wind industry reaches five hundred turbines and ranks fifth globally, achieving in under a decade what took European countries twenty to thirty years; Taiwan's Foreign Ministry condemns China for claiming Mongolian President Khurelsukh affirmed the One China Principle, calling it an attempt to spread the narrative through third countries; Heavy rain advisories issued for eight counties as a plum rain front combines with southwesterly winds, with the heaviest rain expected Monday in central and southern Taiwan.. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]