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1

More food safety issues

2

Countering a worrying ethnic unity law

3

The meaning of status quo

4

Maritime law enforcement or expansionism?

5

Tariffs and tech

6

Measures to reverse a declining birth rate

7

Trump talks Lai conversation

8

A warning of clashes and talk of repercussions

9

Unorthodox travel

10

Revoked overflight permissions

11

Breaking down the Cheng-Xi meeting

12

A peace tour

13

Bribery and corruption

14

Verbal provocation

15

A tiff over a Tokyo trip

16

Power concerns and defense spending debate

17

A trade deal signed

18

Classified defense materials and free milk

19

Tariffs lowered, but semiconductor investments increased

20

Decapitation and budget concerns

21

A year end stern cross-strait warning

22

The year in review

23

A potential arms sale and an ignored amendment

24

An arrival card system causing an uproar

25

Going big on next year's local elections

26

T-Dome

27

A speech and a rebuff

28

Moves to amend pension reforms and calls for more cash handouts

29

Taiwan omitted

30

Alleged nefarious acts

31

Shovel Superheroes

32

A deadly storm

33

Scarred farmland

34

A high profile detainee makes bail

35

Recall repercussions

36

The last recall

37

The Cabinet facing criticism and making a U-turn

38

Boris Johnson and semiconductors

39

Tariffs set and denials about an overseas trip

40

Recalls big day

41

Tariff talk and recall chatter

42

Urban resilience drills

43

Presidential calls for unity by 'hammering out impurities'

44

A boycotted briefing

45

Spies within the DPP and the KMT

46

Allegations of damaging national sovereignty

47

A president's first year office and a CEO's big announcements

48

Nuclear power is no more

49

Currency appreciation and VE Day commemoration

50

Trust in Trump's America?

51

A much touted opposition summit

52

Recall petition probes

53

Tariff tremors

54

Allegations of an erosion of free speech

55

A forum and a battle of policy briefings

56

A big deal for little chips

57

A fact sheet revamp

58

A big meeting and a big tax surplus

59

Talk of tariffs and recalls

60

Trump and Taiwan 2.0

61

A dead president, a onetime presidential hopeful and a presidential address.

62

2024 in review

63

Protests, cross-strait talks and tanks

64

Military deployments and influencer propaganda

65

Talk of martial law

66

A first overseas trip and a winning team

67

Workplace bullying

68

Taiwan takeways from the US election

69

Taiwan and the US election

70

Charges of bad faith and an offer of a concession

71

Blockading Taiwan for a day

72

Double Ten talk

73

A slow moving typhoon and a petition drive

74

United Nations time once again

75

Talk of Taiwan made pagers

76

Carbon fee rates and train ticket prices

77

A controversial case of corruption

78

How the US election will affect Taiwan

79

Trouble in Ko P Land

80

A court hearing and budget increases

81

A rare agreement

82

A blown away military exercise

83

TAIWAN DOESN'T GIVE THE U.S. ANYTHING AND STOLE AMERICA'S CHIPS

84

Allegations of high ranking corruption

85

An uncommon case of illegal fishing

86

Unnamed visitors and death threats

87

Special committees

88

A Chinese boat in the Tamsui River

89

AI takes center stage

90

A milestone in the history of Taiwan's democracy or the darkest day in Taiwan's democratic history.

91

Lai Ching-te accepts the great seal of the nation as Beijing rattles sabres

92

New fraud laws proposed

93

A China trip and trade talks

94

The death penalty debated

95

More Cabinet posts filled

96

A new Cabinet and a former head of state

97

Meeting old friends in China

98

Too 'dangerous' for Taiping Island travel

99

Tainted spices

100

Reunification and saturation

101

A Peace Memorial Day

102

Disputed waters

103

A new Legislature and a new speaker

104

Winter bites

105

Election aftermath discussed

106

Election outcomes discussed

107

China's take Taiwan's election

108

Looking back at 2023

109

ECFA discord and a feisty presidential policy forum

110

ICRT-TVBS World Taiwan Election Roundtable Special

111

Seeking the youth vote and a legislative majority

112

Ready, set, campaign

113

A fractious meeting and tough talk on election victory

114

An agreement and some disagreements

115

Heightened risk and a Baltic trip

116

Election questions and speculation

117

Accusations and allegations

118

Elusive electoral oneness

119

Time to take to the podium for Taiwan

120

Construction site and egg woes

121

Kinmen in election promise focus

122

Low key US transits

123

A nod to nuclear power

124

From gender equality laws to the Blue Mags

125

Military exercises take center stage

126

Claims of US 'mistrust'

127

MOFA mum on Guatemala

128

The pillars of peace

129

Presidential hopefuls clash on a cross-strait pact

130

Bad actors and isopods

131

#MeToo cases rock DPP

132

Speculation, concerns and farewells

133

To Geneva with love

134

2024's main contenders are ready to rumble

135

The looming end of the battle for the KMT's 2024 candidate

136

All is OK with Asuncion

137

The end of an era

138

A leader at a leaders summit

139

From China with loathing and love

140

A milestone meeting? Or simply more of the same?

141

Contrasting statements from contrasting overseas trips

142

A former head of state is set to cross the strait

143

Honduras talks China ties

144

A US trip and an OCG party

145

A commemoration day rumpus

146

On the QT, and very hush-hush

147

A China balloon, a China visit and a DMZ

148

A mild reshuffle and questions over a possible visit

149

Exercises, spying and visits

150

Tax surplus payments for the people

151

2022 in review

152

Scrutinizing TikTok

153

China bans and Santa hats

154

An ABFAB new fab

155

Dissecting the election outcome

156

An election eve chitchat

157

From Bali to Bangkok

158

Taiwan on the agenda

159

Popping off to Palau amid warnings

160

Local election debate

161

Talk of Taiwan in Beijing

162

A national day and a reopening day

163

Foreseeing an address

164

US$1billion!

165

Talk of US commitment

166

Resolutions in the spotlight

167

China drones on and on and on ....

168

A deadly attack on police officers raises questions

169

Not a holiday in Cambodia

170

China flexes its military muscle

171

Pelosi visits as Beijing rages

172

Taiwan in the international headlines

173

Will she or won't she?

174

VP Lai goes to Tokyo

175

Local election news from the south

176

Cheap power for some, but not others

177

More November election nominees getting the nod

178

Exclusive interview with Foreign Minister Joseph Wu

179

Meeting old friends

180

Big COVID insurance payouts

181

Another no from the WHO

182

Deadly US shooting hits home in Taiwan

183

Unprecedented death rates

184

Countable infections

185

Holiday rail chaos

186

Another brawl in the LY

187

High coronavirus case number possibilities

188

A new Taiwan model for coronavirus control

189

From a messy bill to a bitcoin problem

190

A bit of an early morning jolt

191

Taiwan rallies for Ukraine

192

An unfriendly listing

193

Oops!.. It happened again

194

Ukraine Reaction

195

Putting Medigen on the map

196

Opening the borders to Fukushima Food

197

Buying time

198

Certification needed

199

A missing chairman

200

An unwelcome return of coronavirus concerns

201

Looking back at the year that was

202

Disregard for legislative procedures

203

R-Day

204

A sudden departure

205

A timely boost

206

Social disorder

207

Taiwanese representation in Europe

208

Shhhh, we're not here

209

Yes or no, that is the question

210

Taiwan chatter in Washington

211

Border restrictions

212

An October 10 address

213

Concerns about provocations

214

Customized labels and vaccine overdoses

215

Coverage rates and trade hopes

216

Vaccine shortage concerns

217

A possible merger

218

Bringing Taiwan to the world online

219

The smuggled cat strut

220

Taiwanistan?

221

Big trouble over little Lithuania

222

Vaccine issues and Olympic problems

223

A presidential nod for a local jab

224

An EUA, a lawsuit and an apology

225

A super shot of vaccine news

226

Golf but no swimming

227

Dine-in services could return

228

Vaccine begging

229

Questions over an alert level and testing

230

A 'discriminatory' stay-at-home order

231

A southern take on the coronavirus situation

232

From extended alerts to falling out of a top 10

233

Heightened coronavirus concerns

234

A Taiwan vaccine on the way

235

One man and a dinghy

236

New transportation leadership

237

A visit, a possible visit and lower than expected departures

238

Calls for railway reform

239

A quick jab

240

A travel bubble confirmed

241

China threats and US support

242

An import and banned export

243

A poetic cross-strait back and forth

244

From the coronavirus to invasive species

245

A sudden U-turn in South America

246

Words of support

247

Total recall

248

A lot of plans

249

A riot response, coronavirus and ractopamine

250

The year that was in review

251

A quantum leap

252

A fine too small?

253

Noise annoys

254

An arrival, a no show and inflatable pigs

255

A controversial broadcast ruling

256

A Biden White House and Taiwan

257

Taiwan's take on the US election

258

A controversial NCC meeting

259

ICRT Asia-Pacific Youth Association US election roundtable special

260

A fight over a 'false national flag' in Fiji

261

Cross-strait shenanigans

262

Addressing unwanted incursions

263

High hopes for Taiwan-US ties

264

Not "Made in Taiwan"

265

A porky problem

266

A back and forth about cross-strait ties

267

Controversial coronavirus testing

268

A 'breakthrough' visit?

269

A cross-party bribery scandal

270

Remembering a former head of state

271

Citizen judges get the nod

272

From bombs to balls

273

Mulling counter measures

274

Regrets and concerns over Hong Kong

275

From open borders to closed door comments

276

A mayor recalled

277

Make or break time for the Kaohsiung mayor

278

Relaxing the virus guidelines

279

A scaled-down virus prevention inauguration

280

From coronavirus to cricket

281

High ranking US calls for Taiwan's WHA invitation

282

A cluster infection from the high seas

283

Mandatory testing and cash payments

284

Over crowding concerns

285

Virus, Coal, Hong Kongers in ROC Military, Dancer Passes Away

286

Three steps to assisting the government's coronavirus response

287

Working toward faster coronavirus screening

288

TAIPEI Act passes House vote

289

Coronavirus views from the center and south

290

A Coronavirus Impact Plan

291

A ban on Chinese visitors and complaints to the WHO

292

2019 novel coronavirus concerns

293

Dissecting the election and its aftermath

294

The election in the international media

295

An anti-infiltration bill and media angst

296

Looking back at the year that was

297

2020 Hopefuls Agree to Disagree

298

Illegal immigration and a pivotal illegal protest

299

Big data, fake news and real rainbows

300

Allegations of spying, infiltration and a lack of sense of humor

301

Tunghai 2020 election roundtable special part 2

302

Tunghai 2020 election roundtable special part 1

303

A show packed with election news

304

23 measures, a VP candidate and facial recognition

305

Presidential Politics Goes "Fair and Slightly Plump"

306

A cross-border murder case

307

ICRT-ECCT 2020 presidential election special

308

Caught on camera

309

More election chatter

310

Taiwan loses the Solomon Islands but gets a lucky cap

311

Hong Kong protest leaders in town

312

A possible 2020 KMT split to pet food

313

Taiwan's brand new Air Force is about to take off

314

Gou, Wang, and Ko Meet Amid Candidacy Speculation

315

Typhoon Cancellation

316

A ban on independent Chinese travelers

317

Smuggled smokes

318

Han gets KMT nod for 2020

319

Who will it be for the KMT?

320

A KMT primary ready to poll

321

Nearly no more single-use plastic straws

322

Revised referendum law faces questions

323

A first presidential candidate

324

A primary decided

325

Taiwan marks the first day of legalized same-sex marriage

326

Finally a primary process

327

Taiwan This Week

328

Party primary \"chaos\" and \"cryptic\" cross-talk

329

The door opens for Han Kuo-yu

330

Taiwan Relations Act 40th Anniversary Special Part Two

331

Taiwan Relations Act 40th Anniversary Special Part One

332

A primary postponed

333

Han, Tsai and DUI

334

Primary registrations

335

Countering China\'s \"one country, two systems\" formula.

336

A bill, a primary, security talks and cheaper smokes

337

Big announcements

338

Strike or flight

339

Ending the Year of the Dog with a whole heap of politics

340

A slap in the face

341

Repackaging the old as the new

342

Comings and goings

343

Cross-strait principles

344

Taiwan year in review

345

Protecting the braised pork

346

A local baker in a cross-strait bun

347

From the English language to a yogurt heist

348

Post election chitchat

349

The final push

350

A debate about debates

351

Taiwan's major news stories for the week ending November 9th.

352

Election special for Taichung and Kaohsiung

353

Local election special

354

A hodgepodge of local election news

355

National Day and a quiet Guinness world record

356

Forged signatures, organ harvesting and a sex party

357

And the shrine it came a tumbling down

358

A problem of fake news

359

A kick that caused a rumpus

360

An execution and a hero\'s welcome

361

From the UN to trash

362

El Salvador runs to Beijing

363

Cafe visit causes cross-strait spat

364

Winnie the Pooh and a tweet

365

Beijing bellyaches over US transit, again

366

Sports woes and airline pain

367

From a party debate to illegal logging

368

From an indictment to a higher peak

369

From an impeachment to the marines

370

Major Taiwan news stories in the first half of 2018.

371

Questions over designation litigation

372

Big news for Taiwan-US ties

373

Taiwan, the US and China

374

Another minister falls

375

A lot of cross-strait talk

376

From polls to goals

377

Another no go for Taiwan at the WHA

378

There goes another one

379

Warriors run riot in the street

380

Tsai calls on an African ally

381

It\'s getting old

382

A trade war could be swell

383

Warnings and words of support

384

From a leader for life to a good food guide

385

China makes offers and threats

386

228 and travel talk

387

Beginning with a minor cabinet reshuffle

388

Earthquake

389

Myriad of cross-strait talk

390

The president talks while the central bank prepares to lose its long-serving governor

391

Irrigation, taxes and a government watchdog

392

New labor laws become law, again

393

Passports, flags and pay hikes

394

A look back at the year that was

395

From Beijing with love

396

Spaced out on referendums

397

Amendments, bills and a rainbow

398

Lee Ming-che sentence and lots of pollution

399

The latest on a shipbuilding scandal to modern dance

400

A scandal rocking the Presidential Office's boat

401

All eyes on Trump's China visit

402

Amendments to amendments

403

Time for Presidential Travels

404

A congress, a conference and some controversy

405

A National Day and some sticky issues

406

Cross-strait issues take over

407

Mob rule at a cross-strait music festival

408

A Kaohsiung-heavy episode

409

Public sector pay rise plans

410

From the local leagues to the premiership

411

Closing the Universiade

412

An unsporting protest in Taipei

413

Power Outage Welcomes the Universiade

414

Red light woes

415

Typhoon holiday blues

416

From trade talks to a serious look at a bank's banana giveaway

417

Ugly scenes in the LY

418

A state visit and calls for an end to all Taiwan naming references to China.

419

Infrastructure, Defense, Wind, Heat Leave and More...

420

Arms, Pension Reform and Bad Ratings

421

Cross-strait Forums in Focus

422

Panama Says Bye-bye

423

At Least It's Not Drought

424

The Last Mile

425

Tsai's Presidency, One Year In

426

You Really Wanna Do This on Me? :(

427

WHAAAAAAA!!!

428

Boring Meetings and High Politics

429

Suffer For your Infrastructure

430

Pension Tensions

431

Freedom of Speech Day

432

Gearing Up for the Meet and Greet

433

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!!!

434

The Legacy of the Sunflowers

435

Revisiting the September Strife

436

Political De-education

437

A Week for Remembrance

438

One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest

439

"The Call II: The Incoherenting"

440

Stopping Bird Flu in Kaohsiung

441

Shuffled up

442

Ooh! Another Ranking!

443

Taiwan This Week

444

I Left My Heart in Abuja

445

I Left My Heart in Abuja

446

Theory and Practice

447

Taiwan This Year

448

Live from the Renegade Entity

449

Bonus Interview: Asian Silicon Valley

450

Wiggle Room

451

The Call

452

Travel, Trade and TransAsia

453

Rights and Flights

454

Taiwan's Trump, Nuclear Food, and Other Political Oddities

455

Taiwan's Take on Trump

456

US Election Special

457

Same-sex Marriage Just Around the Corner?

458

Jumping Ship?

459

Doubling Down

460

Let's Put It Diplomatically ...

461

Pork Bun Perseverance

462

Three Pronged, White Something-or-others

463

See You At the Protest

464

Tsai Admin Turns 100 Days Old!

465

Pokemon Going ... going ... still here.

466

UN membership a no-go, while emissions cause a stink in the center of the island

467

Pokemon NOOOO!!!

468

Mixed Reactions

469

Good to Be Thorough

470

Snark Attack

471

I Got a Rock ...

472

Typhoon Daze

473

Failure to Communicate

474

That Escalated Quickly!

475

Travel Plans

476

Taiwan Politics After the Love Has Gone

477

I Know They Sound Angry ...

478

Rubber Hits the Road

479

Last Hurrah

480

No Girls Allowed ... Not Many Anyway

481

The Politics of Pork

482

Connecting the Cross-Strait Dots

483

Spy vs. Guy

484

Hon Hai and Sharp Take the Plunge

485

Taiwan Mourns Together

486

Mr. Siew Goes to Boao

487

An EX-ally Moves On

488

Funny Money

489

Where You Going With That Plutonium?

490

Playing Hard to Takeover, or Hon Hai Won't You Love Me?

491

Trouble at The Unfortunately Named Island

492

One For the (extremely congested) Road

493

An "Unhelpful," "Disappointing" Episode

494

No, You Run the Country!

495

Election-eve Is Here!

496

Bonus Election Coverage: ICRT 2016 Election Roundtable (round 2)

497

You Can Bet On It

498

Looking Back On the News of 2015

499

Take My Cellphone, Please

500

Let's Make a Deal!

501

A Campaign Controversy With Some Staying Power

502

Back to the Scandals of Yesteryear

503

Bonus Election Coverage: ICRT-ECCT 2016 Election Roundtable

504

The Race Takes Shape

505

Fresh Faces

506

Mr. Chu Goes to Washington

507

All in the Timing

508

That Familiar Flash Point Flashes

509

The Election Rolls Along

510

Get Ready for the Switcheroo

511

And in This Corner, We Have ... Um?

512

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

513

A New Card Controversy

514

When the Tempers Flare, the Desks Get Slammed

515

War of Words End, Treason Charges Begin

516

More On This, After the Break

517

The Politics of the Past

518

But How Will It Play With Joe Blow Voter?

519

NTD Heads Down, Wages Stay Flat and Post Boxes Hook Left

520

Typhoon Clouds Skies, Clears Up Protest

521

Student Protests Turn Into a Spat Over Press Freedom, While President Ma Bemoans Failure to Meet China Counterpart, and a Former China Democracy Activist Hits the Campaign Trail in Taichung.

522

Hong Gets Nod, While Fingers Are Pointed Following Another Stabbing Attack on the Taipei MRT and Gaoxiong Is Getting a Light Rail System

523

KMT Campaign Crumbling Before It Begins?

524

Talking Through the Typhoon

525

One Week From Disaster, Slow Recovery and Mounting Questions

526

Turmoil in Tainan, Dome Drama and the Litigious Legislator

527

Election Shapes Up, Reform Push Fizzles Out

528

End In Sight For the KMT Primary?

529

Tsai Trip and Trade Deals

530

Torrential Rains and Political Strains

531

Taiwan This Week for the Third Week of May (5.16 - 5.22)

532

Taiwan This Week For the Third Week of May (5.18-5.22)

533

Taiwan This Week For the Second Week of May (5.9-5.15)

534

Taiwan This Week For the First Week of May (5.2-5.8)

535

Taiwan This Week for the Final Week of April (4.25-5.1)

536

Taiwan This Week for the Fourth Week of April (4.20-24)

537

Taiwan This Week for the Third Week of April (4.11-17)

538

Taiwan This Week for the Second Week of April (4.4-4.10)

539

Taiwan This Week for the First Week of April (3.27-4.3)

540

Taiwan This Week for the Fourth Week of March (3.20-27)

541

Taiwan This Week for the Fourth Week of March (3.27-27)

542

Taiwan This Week for the Third Week of March (3.13-20)