Today, we look at a revolutionary trend in farming - vertical farming. Stas Butler visited YesHealth, the company behind Taiwan’s largest vertical farm.

On January 16, hundreds of people marched in central Taipei in support of migrant workers’ rights. The protesters say they want Taiwan’s government to relax its strict rules on switching employers. They say the rules are “exploitative”, and that they’re responsible for creating a form of “modern slave labor.” Staś Butler spoke to one of the organizers of the march, Wu Jing-ru (吳靜如) from the Taiwan International Workers’ Association, to find out more.

Will Taiwan's goal of being a bilingual country by 2030 be possible with more global, bilingual schools in the nation? Find out what some schools are doing to give their students a compettive edge to achieve this standard.

There was a time when it seemed like Han Kuo-yu was always on the news - whether it was when he won the position of Kaohsiung mayor, subsequently won and lost his run for presidency, and later was removed from his Kaohsiung office. Since all that drama, he's been under the radar, but has recently resurfaced with the release of his new book. If you missed all his earlier news, you can't miss this episode of Highlights!

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Wang Leehom's personal scandal managed to overtake even the referendum votes as the biggest story of the weekend - so what in the world happened?

On this Highlights episode, Stas Butler speaks with pro and anti nuclear activists about if Taiwan should operate its fourth nuclear power plant.

Emma Benack visits the National Theater and interviews an artist, Huang Yu-ching, who's presenting an exhibit called "Two Rooms of One's Own" that deals with the #MeToo movement and the pressures that women face in everyday life.

 Emma Benack sits down with Director Wang Shi-wei to talk about his latest work, "Masses", a physical performance about the inner psyche of individuals during social movements being performed at Cloud Gate theater. The program "Masses" is one of the programs in the "ARTQUAKE in Autumn" festival of the National Theater and Concert Hall.

Stas Butler speaks with Stanford political scientist Kharis Templeman and NTU Professor Tao Yi-fen about tensions in US-China ties.