EZ News 04/17/26

EZ News 04/17/26

From EZ News by ICRT News Team

April 17, 2026 · 6 min

About this episode

This episode covers the Tai-Ex market opening, a social worker's sentencing in an infant abuse case, and preparations for the Dajia Mazu pilgrimage.

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 14-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 37,146 on turnover of $8.7-billion N-T. The market continued to make solid gains on Thursday - as it closed above the 37,000-point mark for the first time as investor sentiment improved amid hopes that the U-S and Iran will resume peace negotiations. Market watchers say the rise came as investors here seized on (抓住) the momentum of a rise on Wall Street overnight to raise their holdings, and buying continued to focus on the electronics sector. Social worker sentenced to 2 years in 'Kai Kai' infant abuse case The Taipei District Court has sentenced a social worker to two years in prison for negligent homicide over the failure to report suspicious behavior in the case of a 1-year-old boy who died after repeated abuse by his foster caregiver. The court's ruling against Chen Shang-chieh, a social worker for the Child Welfare League Foundation is the third conviction stemming from (源於，源自) the December 2023 death of an infant known as Kai Kai. The court faulted Chen in its verdict for what it called "passive inactivity" in her role overseeing…

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Host: ICRT News Team

Topics covered

  • Tai-Ex market update
  • infant abuse case
  • Dajia Mazu pilgrimage preparations
  • investor sentiment
  • electronics sector

Keywords

  • Tai-Ex
  • infant abuse
  • social worker
  • Dajia Mazu
  • market gains
  • investor sentiment
  • electronics sector

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Places: Taiwan, U-S, Iran

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