In this episode: The corruption investigation at Taiwan's Second Nuclear Power Plant has widened with three individuals detained including the former plant director as four additional bribery cases from 2018 and 2019 were uncovered; At least 60 bank employees across 13 financial institutions have been implicated in a large-scale kickback scheme involving real estate agents steering mortgage and property registration business; Taiwan has climbed to fourth place in the 2026 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking its best performance ever rising from sixth place last year driven by strong GDP and export growth; Four Chinese coast guard vessels entered Taiwan's restricted waters around Kinmen for the second time in three days turning off their identification systems before being shadowed and warned by Taiwan patrol boats; Severe afternoon thunderstorms battered northern Taiwan causing a landslide in Xindian that sent vehicles down an embankment and a lightning strike that injured two construction workers in Taipei; Taiwan's TAIEX index surged 587 points to close at an all-time high of 46465 powered by TSMC shares as foreign investors returned with net buying of NT$21.1 billion. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: The corruption investigation at Taiwan's Second Nuclear Power Plant has widened with three individuals detained including the former plant director as four additional bribery cases from 2018 and 2019 were uncovered; At least 60 bank employees across 13 financial institutions have been implicated in a large-scale kickback scheme involving real estate agents steering mortgage and property registration business; Taiwan has climbed to fourth place in the 2026 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking its best performance ever rising from sixth place last year driven by strong GDP and export growth; Four Chinese coast guard vessels entered Taiwan's restricted waters around Kinmen for the second time in three days turning off their identification systems before being shadowed and warned by Taiwan patrol boats; Severe afternoon thunderstorms battered northern Taiwan causing a landslide in Xindian that sent vehicles down an embankment and a lightning strike that injured two construction workers in Taipei; Taiwan's TAIEX index surged 587 points to close at an all-time high of 46465 powered by TSMC shares as foreign investors returned with net buying of NT$21.1 billion. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: The DPP nominated Wu Shu-jin to replace her hospitalized husband Chen Guang-fu in the Penghu magistrate race against KMT's Chen Zhen-zhong; Taiwan prosecutors searched 28 locations and questioned 9 in an expanded Nuclear Plant 2 corruption probe, including its deputy plant manager; An F-16V fighter jet struck a lamp post with its landing gear during approach at Hualien Air Base, damaging a civilian vehicle parked nearby; Afternoon thunderstorms to continue across central and northern Taiwan through Thursday, with sunny skies expected for the Dragon Boat Festival weekend; G7 leaders pledged to oppose unilateral changes in Taiwan Strait status by force, as Trump threatened 200% tariffs on chips not made in the US; TAIEX closed up 68.2 points at 45,877.39 after a late recovery, even as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index plunged 5.71% overnight. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

DPP nominates Wu Shu-jin for Penghu magistrate; Nuclear Plant 2 corruption probe expands; F-16V landing gear strikes lamp post; Afternoon thunderstorms continue across Taiwan; G7 opposes unilateral Taiwan Strait status quo changes; TAIEX rebounds 68 points. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: EVA Air fined six hundred thousand New Taiwan Dollars after investigation finds flight attendant died following sick duty on Taiwan-Milan flight; MLB sees first ever Taiwan pitcher-batter matchup as Teng Kai-wei faces Lee Hao-yu in historic Astros-Tigers game; China pressures Kenya to revoke Taiwan's Ocean Conference invitation and detain a female scholar for over twenty hours at Nairobi airport; Coast Guard launches two point one billion New Taiwan Dollar drone surveillance network to counter Chinese gray-zone maritime threats; Plum rain retreats just in time for Dragon Boat Festival with sunny hot weather forecast for the holiday weekend; Tie-ex rallies four hundred and twelve points as foreign investors extend buying streak ahead of futures settlement. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: Two professors at National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology were sentenced to prison in Taiwan's first academic degree-selling corruption case; Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu will lead a cross-party delegation of lawmakers to the United States from June 21 to 27; Meta's Threads platform mass-suspended Taiwanese users due to an age-verification glitch that the company described as a technical error; Taiwan's first newly built F-16V Block 70 fighter jet was spotted in Texas with external fuel tanks, suggesting a ferry flight to Taiwan is imminent; Taiwan's National Security Bureau launched a secure online portal encouraging Chinese citizens to provide intelligence to Taiwanese authorities; A tropical disturbance near Guam may develop into a typhoon as Taiwan's plum rain season boosts reservoirs past key milestones; The TAIEX index surged 1,227 points as a US-Iran peace deal ignited a global market rally. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: KMT Chair Cheng Li-wen's visit to Washington faces controversy after US State Department assigns a desk officer rather than a deputy assistant secretary, an unprecedented protocol downgrade for a Taiwanese party leader; A five-year-old girl in Pingtung was sexually assaulted nine times by a neighbor, but the perpetrator died before trial, ending the criminal case without justice; Taiwan's Ministry of Education faces backlash over a high school service plan containing language about coordinating with military authorities, which critics say prepares students for war; Taiwan's offshore wind industry reaches five hundred turbines and ranks fifth globally, achieving in under a decade what took European countries twenty to thirty years; Taiwan's Foreign Ministry condemns China for claiming Mongolian President Khurelsukh affirmed the One China Principle, calling it an attempt to spread the narrative through third countries; Heavy rain advisories issued for eight counties as a plum rain front combines with southwesterly winds, with the heaviest rain expected Monday in central and southern Taiwan.. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: A school bus driver with HIV posed as a spirit medium and sexually assaulted nine students over three years in central Taiwan, with five victims contracting the virus; Three senior executives at Taiwan Cement Corporation's green energy subsidiary have been detained for allegedly collecting over fifty million New Taiwan Dollars in contractor kickbacks; Taipei Mayor Jiang Wan-ahn has doubled down on his call to abolish the Control Yuan, saying his position would not change even if his own party regains the presidency in twenty twenty-eight; Guo-min-dung Vice Chairman Zhang Rong-gong sparked backlash after declaring at the Strait Forum in Shar-men that Taiwanese people are also Chinese people; Taiwan's plum rain season is expected to conclude by June seventeenth as the island transitions into summer typhoon season with hotter conditions ahead.. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: A massive factory fire at an industrial waste plant in Kaohsiung's Banzhou Industrial Park sent thick black smoke across three districts, prompting air quality warnings and a fine of NTD 5 million against the operator; TSMC and seven suppliers broke ground on a 28-hectare semiconductor supply chain zone in the Pingtung Science Park, with President Lai Ching-te attending the ceremony alongside Chairman C.C. Wei; Taiwan's CDC reported a hospital-acquired dengue fever cluster at Kaohsiung Minsheng Hospital with five confirmed cases of dengue virus type 2, and deployed a mobile epidemic prevention team; Two Chinese government vessels entered Taiwan's prohibited waters around Taiping Island in the South China Sea for the first time, drawing strong condemnation from Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Eswatini's prime minister is reportedly pushing to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China just weeks after President Lai visited, though Taiwan's foreign minister dismissed the reports and said ties remain solid.. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]

In this episode: President William Lai nominated twenty-nine Control Yuan members with opposition vowing to block confirmation; Lai declared zero tolerance for drug driving pushing for tougher penalties including death for etomidate trafficking; A drug-impaired driver crashed into two pedestrians during a police chase in Taoyuan leaving both in critical condition; A Taipei public kindergarten was ordered to sing a Chinese Communist Party centennial song sparking a MAC investigation; Plum rain replenished reservoirs across Taiwan with Shihmen nearing eighty percent capacity; The US House defense bill proposed two billion US Dollars for Taiwan defense. Find the text versions of these and other stories at TheFormosan.com. Please like, subscribe, and share this podcast with anyone you think will find it useful. Send your comments, suggestions, or advertising inquiries to [email protected]