TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, November 30, 2023

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Taiwan's presidential hopefuls lay out their stances on labor issues and members of the country's major trade unions make a surprising verdict on which candidate they favor. Medical experts are looking into a meal of pufferfish that left one person dead and eight hospitalized in central Taiwan, as officials warn the public about about the potentially poisonous seafood. And Henry Kissinger, the U.S. secretary of state who spearheaded normalization of U.S.-China ties, permanently changing his country's policy toward Taiwan, dies at 100. Plus: - Traffic deaths in Taiwan drop slightly for first time since new rules on road safety were implemented. - The first group of Thai hostages freed by Hamas return to Bangkok. - Environmental activists in Hong Kong hope the city will follow in Taiwan's footsteps by banning single-use plastic cups.