Labor Groups Rally for Migrant Worker Rights – May 1, 2026
Labor groups demonstrate in Taipei for better protections and equal rights for migrant workers on Labor Day. Meanwhile in Manila, Taiwan has set up its first-ever center for the direct hiring of workers to alleviate the country's labor shortages while bypassing the often exploitative broker system. And an investigative journalist in Taiwan says she and two other journalists were impersonated in an alleged Chinese espionage operation.Plus: - Taiwan puts a ban on new ownership of exotic pets, with over 600 species of "high risk" animals placed on a prohibited list. - Foreign ministry officials and the Haitian ambassador to Taiwan celebrate 70 years of formal diplomatic ties between Haiti and Taiwan. - Taipei’s Baoan Temple celebrates the extravagant birthday of Baosheng Dadi, the deity known as the "god of medicine."
