Taiwan Daily News Podcast

In this episode: Taiwan's carcinogenic soybean oil scandal expands as regulators confirm a third contaminated batch from Chung Lien Oil, with over 440 products pulled from shelves

In this episode: A fried chicken worker in Tai-jong caught on camera stepping barefoot on food sparks outrage and a food safety investigation

In this episode: Ma Ying-jeou permanently cleared of all charges as Supreme Court rejects 3 Chinas appeal

In this episode: Chinese national detained without visitation rights for attacking journalist Yabuta Akio in Taichung, as prosecutors cite cross-border suppression motives

In this episode: Evergreen Marine raided by Taipei prosecutors over NTD 2.1 billion insider trading case involving Zhang brothers; Chinese national attacks Japanese-Taiwanese journalist Yabuta Akio in Taichung; police investigate local collaborators; KMT legislator's son apologizes for school bullying and sports gambling amid Taoyuan city council campaign; China test-fires submarine-launched balli...

In this episode: A 35-year-old woman was found dead in a Ping-dong motel wrapped in ice-filled garbage bags

In this episode: Carcinogenic soybean oil recall expands to over 300 businesses, schools, and military bases as prosecutors open investigation

In this episode: A cross-border human trafficking ring that lured Myanmar women to Taiwan with fake job offers and forced them into prostitution has been dismantled, with 9 victims rescued and 5 suspects detained; The Legislative Yuan rejected all 3 additional CEC nominees submitted by the Executive Yuan, deepening the vacancy crisis at Taiwan's election oversight body ahead of November local elec...

In this episode: Soybean oil recall expands to 224 downstream businesses after carcinogen found at 4 times legal limit; DPP Legislator Lin Yi-chin sentenced to 7 years for 14.12 million NTD assistant fee fraud; Causeway Bay Bookstore founder Lam Wing-kee dies of cancer in Taipei at age 70; China ethnic unity law takes effect as Taiwan launches cross-agency countermeasures; Typhoon Bavi could stren...

In this episode: Taiwan recalls 1,300 tons of soybean oil after carcinogen found at four times legal limit; President William Lai dismisses trade envoy Yang Chen-ni after workplace bullying confirmed; Amended election law takes effect, allowing Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao to seek reelection; IDF fighter test-fires air-launched Hsiung Feng III as Chinese Type 055 destroyer enters Pacific; Twin typhoons B...

In this episode: Taiwan legislature passes Virtual Asset Service Act, establishing crypto licensing framework with full compliance required by 2029; Yang Shuang-zi's Taiwan Travelogue wins 2026 International Booker Prize, the first Taiwanese work to receive the award; President Lai approval falls to death cross at 47.6% disapproval, with death penalty refusal cited as top grievance; China's Ethnic...

In this episode: Executive Yuan Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) has ordered the suspension of Trade Envoy and Minister without Portfolio Yang Chen-ni (楊珍妮) effective; The opposition KMT (KMT) released its counter-proposal to the Executive Yuan's drone procurement legislation on Monday, calling for NTD 2; The 2026 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) rookie draft was held in Tai-jong on Mon...

In this episode: Etomidate elevated to Class 1 narcotic with 63 arrests and 49 drugged-driving cases on first day of nationwide enforcement; KMT pushes caning and anti-death penalty abolition referendums ahead of year-end elections, drawing ridicule from Ko Wen-jer; Gao-shong flood subsidies reach up to NTD 35,000 per household as Ping-dong agricultural losses exceed NTD 130 million; Chinese resea...

In this episode: Golden Melody Awards: Xiao Huang-chi wins record fifth Taiwanese Male Singer, Wu Bei-ya takes first crown; Premier Cho unveils NTD 20,000 flood subsidy as political blame game intensifies over Mekkhala aftermath; Four hikers killed in Tai-jong Butterfly Valley rockfall days after trail's NTD 4.94 million renovation; Defense Ministry scraps 12-year post-discharge limit for reservis...

In this episode: President William Lai deploys military for flood rescue as Typhoon Mekkhala devastates Taiwan, warns budget deadlock threatens disaster response; Executive Yuan finds Trade Envoy Yang Chen-ni guilty of workplace bullying against late deputy; multiple espionage cases linked to DPP see dramatic reversals on appeal; Typhoon Mekkhala kills at least three and floods 522 sites across Ta...

In this episode: Typhoon Mekkhala floods Taiwan killing one and closing ten Gao-shong districts while Neihu suffers worst flooding in twenty-four years; TPP Chair Huang Kuo-chang is interrogated for three hours in an anti-infiltration probe involving illicit surveillance funding; Taiwan's NHI injects five point four billion New Taiwan Dollars, tripling childbirth payments and boosting critical car...

In this episode: A New Taipei councilor's ex-wife was killed by a public bus while campaigning for her son in Banchow District; The Executive Yuan passed an e-cigarette ban, tougher drug driving penalties, and parental tax relief; The UK, France, and Germany issued a rare joint condemnation of China's maritime aggression near Taiwan; Typhoon Mekkhala approaches Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and flig...

In this episode: NTU Medical School Dean Wu Ming-hsien, 61, placed on ECMO after cardiac arrest as nation rallies behind the chivalrous doctor; CPC Third LNG Terminal corruption probe widens with prosecutors searching 27 locations and questioning 14 people; China's aircraft carrier Fujian transits Taiwan Strait during Taiwan's combat readiness drill; Explosion at Hsinchu Air Base oil tank injures...

In this episode: Taipei MRT's Bannan Line was briefly disrupted Monday evening after passengers reported hearing loud bangs and seeing smoke near the tracks at Banqiao Station; A 60-year-old technician was found dead in a first-floor warehouse of the Control Yuan in Taipei, with investigators suspecting a fatal fall; Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced that all reserve training session...

In this episode: The corruption investigation at Taiwan's Second Nuclear Power Plant has widened with three individuals detained including the former plant director as four additional bribery cases from 2018 and 2019 were uncovered; At least 60 bank employees across 13 financial institutions have been implicated in a large-scale kickback scheme involving real estate agents steering mortgage and pr...

In this episode: MAC deputy chair's custard apple remarks ignite political firestorm over China's 'raise-trap-kill' strategy; CTBC Brothers fire pitcher Hsu Chi-lin after concealed DUI crash; league imposes 40-game ban; Wei Chuan Dragons blank TSG Hawks 4-0 to claim CPBL first-half championship, sixth in team history; Defense Ministry proposes mandatory minimum one-year prison for draft evasion, e...

In this episode: The corruption investigation at Taiwan's Second Nuclear Power Plant has widened with three individuals detained including the former plant director as four additional bribery cases from 2018 and 2019 were uncovered; At least 60 bank employees across 13 financial institutions have been implicated in a large-scale kickback scheme involving real estate agents steering mortgage and pr...

In this episode: The corruption investigation at Taiwan's Second Nuclear Power Plant has widened with three individuals detained including the former plant director as four additional bribery cases from 2018 and 2019 were uncovered; At least 60 bank employees across 13 financial institutions have been implicated in a large-scale kickback scheme involving real estate agents steering mortgage and pr...

In this episode: The DPP nominated Wu Shu-jin to replace her hospitalized husband Chen Guang-fu in the Penghu magistrate race against KMT's Chen Zhen-zhong; Taiwan prosecutors searched 28 locations and questioned 9 in an expanded Nuclear Plant 2 corruption probe, including its deputy plant manager; An F-16V fighter jet struck a lamp post with its landing gear during approach at Hualien Air Base, d...

In this episode: EVA Air fined six hundred thousand New Taiwan Dollars after investigation finds flight attendant died following sick duty on Taiwan-Milan flight; MLB sees first ever Taiwan pitcher-batter matchup as Teng Kai-wei faces Lee Hao-yu in historic Astros-Tigers game; China pressures Kenya to revoke Taiwan's Ocean Conference invitation and detain a female scholar for over twenty hours at...