In centuries past, the Philippines played a significant role in sparking the outside world’s first awareness of Taiwan. When the Spanish occupied the Philippine archipelago in 1571 and set up ...

Since 1985, Taiwan’s real estate profits have grown by nearly 40 times, but the minimum wage has not even grown by four times. If the minimum wage had grown as quickly as real estate profits, it ...

Taiwan’s housing prices are one of the highest in the world, but policymakers don’t seem to understand the gravity of the situation, nor have they taken urgent steps to resolve the crisis.

Indeed, Taiwan’s inadequate wages have led to poor mental and social well-being among Taiwanese, but this is rarely discussed. Among advanced countries, Taiwan has one of the least adequate ...

A successful crowdfunding campaign has delivered ‘Nine Sols’, a new title from Taiwanese game developer Red Candle. Its Taoist-cyberpunk imagery and action gameplay is a major break from ...

Taiwan’s minimum wage has stagnated for such a long time that the government needs to raise it by two to three times to meet the cost of living or catch up with other advanced economies ...

Taiwan’s manufacturing profits are growing disproportionately faster than non-manufacturing profits, which has resulted in a loss of innovation and diversity in the economy.

Taiwan has become a global leader in recycling, with one of the highest recycling rates in the world! The country manages to recycle more than 50% of it’s municipal waste and is thereby only a ...

The News Lens International is a Taiwan-based independent digital media, providing balanced reporting and thought-provoking opinions from Taiwan and all around Asia. All four referendum questions ...

What you need to know. Legally, Taiwan is a piece of territory that was "never returned" properly. What roles have Japan and the United States played historically?

The millennium symbolized the arrival of a new age, and marked the beginning of a transformational era in Taiwan’s popular music industry. As a bastion of Chinese-language pop, Taiwan has ...

In recent years, Taiwan has seen a rise in road traffic deaths, suicide deaths, and a drop in fertility rates, which could be related to its inadequate and low wages.