Taipei, Feb. 23 (CNA) The Yilan District Court on Wednesday rejected a request by prosecutors to detain Yilan County Magistrate Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) in an alleged corruption case, ordering her freed on NT$800,000 (US$28,700) bail instead.
The competition for young voters is heating up online, with major political parties bringing the fight to Instagram in this year’s new battlefield.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) made strides last year with a new podcast and an increased Instagram presence on the party’s and President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) accounts.
Podcasts are unlike social media platforms, DPP online community center director Fan Kang-hao (范綱皓) said on Monday last week, as listeners are more engaged and often go back to listen to older episodes after hearing the latest.
As podcast episodes are not shared on Facebook or other social media in the same way
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is to use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a bid to revitalize the party’s archives, KMT officials said yesterday at a news conference in Taipei that showcased a ceremonial sword belonging to Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石), the first piece of the collection to be utilized in the project.
NFTs are a blockchain technology used for digital files that provide proof of ownership or a certificate of authenticity.
KMT Culture and Communications Committee deputy director-general Lin Chia-hsing (林家興), who is also the curator of the archives, said that digitizing the collection is part of the party’s efforts to revamp its
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is to use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a bid to revitalize the party’s archives, KMT officials said yesterday at a news conference in Taipei that showcased a ceremonial sword belonging to Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石), the first piece of the collection to be utilized in the project.
NFTs are a blockchain technology used for digital files that provide proof of ownership or a certificate of authenticity.
KMT Culture and Communications Committee deputy director-general Lin Chia-hsing (林家興), who is also the curator of the archives, said that digitizing the collection is part of the party’s efforts to revamp its
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday held events nationwide urging people to vote against all four questions in the referendum on Saturday next week.
On the ballot are questions related to banning the importation of pork containing traces of the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocation of a natural gas terminal project to protect algal reefs off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), activating the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) and holding referendums alongside elections.
Near roads and streets in cities and counties across Taiwan, DPP members gathered to urge people to vote “no” on the questions.
Separately yesterday, the Chinese