The annual Lantern Festival is coming! In Matsu, the activities of “laying the table for the dead” and “welcoming the gods” are one of the biggest events of the year. While for the Vietnamese new immigrants in Matsu, the Lantern Festival, also known as “the first full moon of the coming lunar year”, is one of the major holiday of the year as well.
In order to establish an optimizing immigration environment and strengthen the foreign population management, the newly revised “Immigration Law” came into effect on January 1, 2024.
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) and publishing house Monomyth (英雄旅程股份有限公司) co-published a collection of the winning pieces from the 8th Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants (移民工文學獎) and held a book launch event on Jan. 14.
The National Human Rights Museum and Academia Sinica Institute of Taiwan History cohosted a two-day workshop Dec. 28-29 on the White Terror period, comprising seminars and discussions, at which an integrated research platform was also unveiled.
On December 9, Deputy Mayor Wang Ming-Jiuh of Taoyuan City attended the “New Immigrant Special Publication Launch Event and Multicultural Market.” Deputy Mayor Wang mentioned that Taoyuan has a population of about 66,000 new immigrants, among which those from Mainland China (including Hong Kong and Macau) make up the largest group. Additionally, there are over 20,000 new immigrant friends from Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
A total of 28 foreign nationals have been granted ROC (Taiwan) citizenship in 2023, spotlighting the government effort to attract and retain personnel from around the world, the Ministry of the Interior said Dec. 13.
Presented by the National Human Rights Museum (NHRM), the 2023 Human Rights Festival will take place from Dec. 2 to Jan. 14, 2024, at the White Terror Jingmei Memorial Park in New Taipei. Titled “Freedom of the Soul,” this event is curated by renowned poet and film director Hung Hung (鴻鴻), casting light on human rights issues such as the White Terror in Taiwan, the democratic movement in Hong Kong, and the identity of indigenous people.
Three American students won the top prizes in Taiwan’s 2023 Foreign Students Chinese Public Speaking Competition, in which 68 students from 15 countries competed, according to the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, which organized the event.
The Council of Indigenous Peoples organized the 2022 Immersive Indigenous Language Teaching Kindergarten Project – International Conference today (October 20) at National Dong Hwa University. Through keynote speeches, group discussions, and sharing of experiences by domestic and international indigenous language and culture experts, the event aimed to create more substantial strategies and development for immersive indigenous language teaching. Over 100 people participated in the event.
The 2024 Taiwan presidential and legislative elections are approaching. On November 15, Ministry of the Interior organizes anti-election bribery publicity activity at the first floor of National Immigration Agency Taipei City Service Center with the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office that is affiliated with it, the Agency Against Corruption, the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office of Taiwan, and new immigrants.
