TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, July 4, 2023

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Taiwan carries out air defense drills in the country's south, training with U.S.-made Stinger missiles. Opposition Kuomintang presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih says he wants to dial back the country's recently extended military conscription period to four months and to scrap the country's TV regulator altogether. And award-winning singer and actor Aaron Yan is released on bail after being questioned over sexual abuse allegations and prevented from leaving the country. Plus, Taiwan parents say they want teachers to keep administering medicine to their children, despite allegations that a kindergarten in New Taipei was drugging students. Also in the show: - Civic groups hold a forum calling for stricter laws on cannabis in Taiwan. - TSMC founder Morris Chang talks geopolitics and globalization at an event in Taipei. - Thailand's newly elected parliament gets ready to select a new prime minister.