Han Kuo-yu gained prominence during a successful long-shot mayoral bid. Now he might run for president, and put Taiwan’s democracy at risk.

The head of Taiwan's legislature, Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang, says he pressed President Lai Ching-te to stop a campaign to recall dozens of opposition legislators. The two discussed how to end the ...

Credit: Facebook/ Han Kuo-yu Whoever wins the 2020 Taiwan presidential elections will inherit a difficult office. Taiwan’s ailing economy and its fraught relations with the Chinese mainland ...

Han Kuo-yu, the opposition candidate in this year’s Taiwanese presidential election, has been removed as mayor of the city of Kaohsiung following an unprecedented recall vote on Saturday.

Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu lost a vote to remove him from office Saturday, Central News Agency reported. More than 37% of the 2.3 million citizens eligible to agreed to recall Han ...

Voters in Taiwan’s southern port city of Kaohsiung lined up on Saturday morning to cast ballots on a recall motion of mayor Han Kuo-yu, a vote that will have ripple effects on the island’s ...

KMT’s Han Kuo-yu Is Taiwan’s New Legislative Speaker By Brian Hioe. The KMT's failed 2020 presidential candidate will hold the reins of the legislature, even while the DPP keeps the presidency.

Han Kuo-yu, a populist mayor who favors closer ties with China, was picked to run against President Tsai Ing-wen, who has been sharply critical of Beijing, in Taiwan’s 2020 presidential race.

The mayor, Han Kuo-yu, had tried to win the presidency just months ago on a Beijing-friendly platform. His removal in a recall vote reflects a stunning reversal and a hardening of Taiwan’s ...

TAIPEI - Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu has won the Chinese Kuomintang party primary poll for next year's leadership election in Taiwan, the KMT announced on Monday. Han gained 44.8 percent of the ...

KMT presidential nominee Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu said during a visit to a temple on the campaign trail on Saturday (Sept. 14) that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has turned in an ...