Taiwan Daily News Podcast

In this episode: Two professors at National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology were sentenced to prison in Taiwan's first academic degree-selling corruption case; Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu will lead a cross-party delegation of lawmakers to the United States from June 21 to 27; Meta's Threads platform mass-suspended Taiwanese users due to an age-verification glitch that the company...

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;...

In this episode: A school bus driver with HIV posed as a spirit medium and sexually assaulted nine students over three years in central Taiwan, with five victims contracting the virus; Three senior executives at Taiwan Cement Corporation's green energy subsidiary have been detained for allegedly collecting over fifty million New Taiwan Dollars in contractor kickbacks; Taipei Mayor Jiang Wan-ahn ha...

In this episode: A massive factory fire at an industrial waste plant in Kaohsiung's Banzhou Industrial Park sent thick black smoke across three districts, prompting air quality warnings and a fine of NTD 5 million against the operator; TSMC and seven suppliers broke ground on a 28-hectare semiconductor supply chain zone in the Pingtung Science Park, with President Lai Ching-te attending the ceremo...

In this episode: President William Lai nominated twenty-nine Control Yuan members with opposition vowing to block confirmation; Lai declared zero tolerance for drug driving pushing for tougher penalties including death for etomidate trafficking; A drug-impaired driver crashed into two pedestrians during a police chase in Taoyuan leaving both in critical condition; A Taipei public kindergarten was...

In this episode: A woman driving her family from a funeral to a post-funeral meal died along with three passengers in a head-on collision with a truck in Taoyuan's Shin-wu District; Central Bank Governor Yang Jin-long declared an end to housing credit controls triggering an immediate rally in construction stocks; The DPP formally nominated Zhubei Mayor Zheng Chaofang for Hsinchu County Magistrate...

In this episode: A gas explosion at a Hsinchu bento shop killed an elderly couple and affected fifty-seven households with President William Lai pledging full support; A Zhang-hwa judge sparked national outrage after releasing two drug-driving suspects without bail in less than a week earning the nickname Buddha-hearted judge; A construction director was found alive after being swept away by flood...

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 sys...

Police fire 16 shots in Tucheng drug chase leaving 2 officers injured. Actor Fu Zichun dies of acute blood cancer at 46. San-Ying MRT line passes final inspection, targets mid-2026 launch. NZ cruise passengers complete 42-day hantavirus monitoring — all clear. China deploys 4 massive ships to Taiwan's eastern waters.

In this episode: A drug-impaired driver rammed a police chief in Changhua County and a court let him walk free; The Formosa Dreamers captured their first Taiwan Professional Basketball League championship after a stunning Game 7 comeback; Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen departed on a ten-day diplomatic mission to Europe; DPP legislator Shen Bo-yang proposed direct capital-to-capital exchanges between...