EZ News 04/27/26

EZ News 04/27/26

From EZ News by ICRT News Team

April 27, 2026 · 7 min

About this episode

This episode covers the opening of the Tai-Ex, a recall of a village chief in Yilan over a mining project, and a weather forecast.

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 926-points this morning from Friday's close, at 39,858 on turnover of 26.4-billion N-T. The market surged more than 3-per cent Friday as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing closed at a new high after the Financial Supervisory Commission raised the investment ceiling for the stock by active exchange-traded funds. Yilan village chief recalled over mining project in Indigenous territory A village chief in Yilan has been recalled following controversy over his handling of a mining project in an Indigenous traditional territory. The recall vote against Lunpi Village chief Wu Ping-tsung in Datong Township passed with 214 in favor of the recall, 120 against, and four invalid ballots. Accordibg to the Yilan County Election Commission, votes in favor accounted for 35.31-per cent of the village's 606 eligible voters, exceeding both the legal threshold and the number of opposing votes. Initiators of the recall argued that Wu ignored local opposition to the mining project and instead supported the developer under the guise of (假借…的名義，以…為藉口) administrative neutrality. They also says the recall was…

People in this episode

Host: ICRT News Team

Topics covered

  • Taiwan stock market
  • Indigenous rights
  • Environmental issues
  • Local governance
  • Weather forecast

Keywords

  • Tai-Ex
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Yilan
  • recall vote
  • mining project
  • environmental harm
  • weather

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Yilan County Election Commission

Places: Yilan

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