Premier Grilled Over Cost of Recall Movement – Aug. 26, 2025

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Tempers flare in the legislature as Premier Cho Jung-tai is grilled about the cost of the mass recall movement backed by the ruling party. Kuomintang lawmaker Lo Chih-chiang announces his bid for party chair, hoping to boost party unity around its most likely prospect in the 2028 presidential election. And a US delegation led by two senators sets off on a military security tour across the Indo-Pacific, with a planned stop in Taiwan. Plus: - Taiwan's postal service stops some shipments of parcels to the US due to increased tariffs. - An international animal protection conference comes to Taiwan, calling on the government to implement better regulations. - The world condemns deadly airstrikes on a Gaza hospital that killed dozens of civilians and international journalists.