Taiwan Daily News Podcast — June 9, 2026

In this episode: Atayal legislator Kao Chin Su-mei was indicted for embezzling NTD 7.87 million in public funds with prosecutors seeking twelve and a half years in prison; KMT Chair Cheng Li-wen faces accusations of meeting Chinese Communist Party United Front officials during her visit to the United States; An 83-year-old man drowned at Taipei's Da-an Sports Center despite an AI anti-drowning system that failed to detect him in a pool corner; A powerful plum rain front triggered school and work closures across mountain townships as sixteen counties were placed under heavy rain advisories; South Korean President Lee Jae-myung warned that Taiwan faces a greater war risk than the Korean Peninsula at his first-anniversary press conference; TAIEX suffered its worst single-day point drop in history plunging nearly two thousand seven hundred points as five brokerages crashed under the volume.. 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]