Yet the outcome is of crucial importance to Washington and its foreign policy. Welcome to Taiwan, where Han Kuo-yu, a once–washed-up former legislator, shocked this island of 23 million last ...

The head of Taiwan's legislature, Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang, says he pressed President Lai Ching-te to stop a campaign to recall dozens of opposition legislators. The two discussed how to end ...

Han Kuo-yu, the opposition candidate in this year’s Taiwanese presidential election, has been removed as mayor of the city of Kaohsiung following an unprecedented recall vote on Saturday.

After a convincing win in the opposition Kuomintang primaries, Taiwanese presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu faces challenges that could cost him the election if he fails to tackle them, according ...

Taiwan’s 2024 elections resulted in neither ... By contrast, the KMT was fielding its 2020 presidential candidate, Han Kuo-yu, as its Legislative Yuan presidential candidate.

It’s an increasingly familiar story. Han Kuo-yu is refusing to disappear. The polarizing mayor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s largest southern city, sauntered north to Taipei last weekend to greet ...

The mayor, Han Kuo-yu, had tried to win the presidency just months ago on a Beijing-friendly platform. His removal in a recall vote reflects a stunning reversal and a hardening of Taiwan’s ...

TAIPEI - Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu has won the Chinese Kuomintang party primary poll for next year's leadership election in Taiwan, the KMT announced on Monday. Han gained 44.8 percent of the ...

TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu called on Thursday (Nov 14) for a return to a consensus with the mainland that there is only one China, but rejected ...

TAIPEI – The protests began even before the Beijing-friendly former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu was elected Taiwan’s new legislative Speaker. Hours before the vote started on Feb 1, dozens of ...

"Why does Taiwan’s populace have to lead such a hard life ... At a rally for KMT nominee Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu on Sept. 8, former President Ma Ying-jeou was booed off the stage by the crowds ...