Taiwan This Week: Same-sex marriage just around the corner?
Listen to the broadcast Friday October 28th, during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 15 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. With three separate proposals out this week to legalize same-sex marriage, we invite on...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Good to be thorough
Listen to the broadcast Friday July 29th during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 15 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. On this show we discuss the Legislative Yuan’s marathon review session called to...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Taiwan Politics After the Love Has Gone
Listen to the broadcast Friday June 3rd at 8:30pm on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. Or, listen to the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. This week we discuss the crazy weather in Northern Taiwan, the chaos on Tuesday as KMT lawmakers pressed the Tsai administration hard...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Facing history with “transitional justice”
We speak to Dr. Ernest Caldwell of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) School of Law in London about President Elect Tsai Ing-wen’s pledge to confront Taiwan’s authoritarian past by pursuing a program of transitional justice. Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE....Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Taiwan mourns together
ICRT News and guests discuss the week’s top stories including this Monday’s tragic killing of a four year old girl and the public response, Hung’s ascension to the head of the KMT, the Ma-Tsai meeting, new warnings about the spread of terrorist ideology in Taiwan, and more. Listen to the show on the ICRT website,...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week:
Taiwan This Week is ICRT’s weekly roundup of the top news stories from around the island. This week host Keith Menconi sits down with Gavin Phipps of ICRT news, and Compass Magazine’s Donovan Smith. Tune in every Friday at 8:30pm as ICRT news is joined by expert commentators to break down the week’s biggest stories in...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: May Week 1
Taiwan This Week is ICRT’s weekly roundup of the top news stories from around the island. Tune in every Friday at 8:30pm as ICRT news is joined by expert commentators to break down the week’s biggest stories in Taiwan. This week host Keith Menconi sits down with Economist correspondent Jane Rickards, and senior advisor for...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: April Week 4
Welcome to Taiwan This Week, a roundup of the top news stories from around the island over the past seven days. Listen in every Friday at 8:30pm for the must-know news that is happening in Taiwan now, with our host ICRT’s Keith Menconi, as he sits down with Gavin Phipps and ICRT’s Kaohsiung correspondent Michael...Continue reading
KMT suffers major defeat in nine-in-one local elections
The ruling KMT has suffered a major defeat in the nine-in-one local elections today, losing all but one of the country’s special municipalities to opposition or independent candidates. The DPP has claimed 13 of the mayor and magistrate races that were up for grabs today, with the KMT winning 6 seats, and independents and smaller...Continue reading
ICRT-ECCT November 2014 local elections roundtable airs on ICRT Tuesday Nov. 4 at 9pm
International Community Radio Taipei in conjunction with the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan last week hosted a panel of high profile experts from across the political spectrum for a preview of the upcoming local elections, to be held on Saturday November 29, 2014. The roundtable discussion aired on ICRT FM100 this Tuesday November 4, 2014...Continue reading
New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu Pledges to Finish Second Term if Re-elected
New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu yesterday announced he will seek a second term in the November 29th local elections. Speaking to reporters, Chu vowed to finish his second four-year term if re-elected. Widely seen as a KMT presidential hopeful, Chu told reporters he remains committed to doing his job as mayor. The statement ends speculation...Continue reading
Taipei Mayor Hopeful Shen Fu-hsiung’s Interview with ICRT
Although Shen Fu-hsiung (沈富雄) has been an active member in the political arena and mass media for a number of years, the announcement last Friday of his candidacy for the Taipei Mayoral election still took many by surprise. In a candid interview with ICRT, Shen gave the reasons for his decision to run against the...Continue reading
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