Li Kua-teng is a history scholar and holds a Ph.D. degree in philosophy. Legally, Taiwan is a piece of territory that was "never returned" properly. What roles have Japan and the United States ...

Suffering in silence: statistics from the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation expose alarming rates of domestic violence in Taiwan, mostly against women. Women in Taiwan suffer alarmingly high ...

The camera switches to close-up shots, focused on the host, just as she takes in a spoonful of cheesy pasta from the gigantic plate in front of her. The next second, her eyes become wide-open, and ...

Roy Ngerng (鄞義林) writes on social issues and equality. He was named a Human Rights Defender by the United Nations and believes that human rights and social justice will enable fairer ...

David Green is a former editor at The News Lens. He covers a lot of stuff, but is most comfortable trying to work out if a robot will come for his job before a government pays for retraining or ...

Sam Robbins is a project coordinator at Open Culture Foundation and an editor and translator at Taiwan Insight. He graduated with a master’s degree from the Department of Sociology, National ...

By Amara Malik Since the inception of Pakistan, the disputed territory of Kashmir has been the bone of contention between Pakistan and India. Both the states have fought almost three wars due to ...

Call 110 and file a report with the police, no matter the severity of the accident. When people have car accidents, it is standard practice to report the incident – regardless of whether or not ...

'The politics of identity suppose that minorities bear the brunt of social exclusion, which is true in many cases. But there is always an underlying class element.' I hear of smart shaming, race ...

New Bloom is an online magazine featuring radical perspectives on Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific, founded by a group of students and activists after the 2014 Sunflower Movement in Taiwan. We seek to ...

The New People's Army and affiliated communist groups in the Philippines have no love for the modern-day Chinese Communist Party. Filipino communist guerrillas of the New People’s Army (NPA ...