Rallies, threats to the President, and who will run in Kaohsiung?–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Business updates Taiwan’s largest IT trade exhibition, COMPUTEX, has been cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Organizers plan to hold an online version of the show instead. Average monthly take-home wages decreased 0.41 percent month-on-month to NT$42,132 in April due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline. The average […]
Buttcheeks, revenge recalls and an odd US flyover–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Agriculture roundup Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor (MOL) recently amended legislation to allow farms that grow fruits, vegetables, grains, orchids, livestock, or seafood to hire migrant workers, with up to 1,600 jobs available for application.Each farm can employee migrant workers for up to 35 percent of its workforce.However, according to government figures, the shortage of regular […]
Recall fallout and the road ahead–Taiwan News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) will end its daily COVID-19 press briefings and instead give briefings once a week starting next week.That likely means that soon I won’t be starting every show with coronavirus updates! Business updates The consumer price index (CPI) last month declined 1.19 percent from a year earlier, the […]
Han gets a knife in the back from an old friend, snitches and new parties–Taiwan Report New Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a domestically-developed and produced antibody reagent for COVID-19, the first of its kind licensed in Taiwan.The antibody reagent will help researchers determine how many people have been infected by the coronavirus in a bid to better understand the real extent of infection in Taiwan during […]
Fraud, gangsters and the criminal diaspora–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Wednesday that it plans to relax its COVID-19 control measures on trains and domestic flights after June 7, as the disease has been slowing in Taiwan.Passengers taking Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and High Speed Rail (HSR) trains will still be required to have their temperatures […]
Prediction on the recall, women in government and the TPP’s big get–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates One new imported case of COVID-19 was reported in Taiwan on Monday.Taiwan’s health authorities have approved the potential new coronavirus medication remdesivir for treatment of the disease.Though clinical testing is still being carried out, it is the drug that so far shows more promising results.Two Taiwanese research institutes said Monday that they are […]
No to singing the praises of reuniting with the motherland–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates One new imported case of the coronavirus disease was reported in Taiwan on Friday, and was quarantined immediately upon return. Anyone in Taiwan can obtain a self-pay test for the COVID-19 coronavirus, with effect from Friday, as the country now has adequate testing capacity, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.They’re not cheap, […]
Poll: Hou Yu-yi is a powerhouse, but KMT is in the doghouse–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates The Ministry of Education (MOE) said it will help facilitate the return of foreign students who wish to continue their studies in Taiwan but have not been able to do so due to the country’s border restrictions amid the pandemic.The MOE said, however, that such an undertaking would depend on whether the Central […]
Viva Taiwan! And the cabinet’s testosterone levels too high for the KMT–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates It turns out the source of a cluster infection of COVID-19 on board a Taiwanese Navy ship in March originated in Taiwan rather than Palau. The Garden of Hope Foundation has called on the government to ease COVID-19 relief requirements, saying that many women and children who live separately from the family members […]
HK security law: Pres Tsai’s response may add insult to injury–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates Taiwan confirmed no new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus Monday, the 43rd consecutive day with no domestically transmitted infections.Taiwan has relaxed its rules on self-paid tests for the coronavirus at a time when infections have shown signs of easing in the country, leaving its testing capacity adequate, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) […]