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...Taiwan’s election pits Lai Ching-te, the ruling Democratic Progressive party candidate, against Hou Yu-ih, for the main opposition Kuomintang party, and Ko Wen-je from the Taiwan People’s party....
...The title story sets the tone of a new short-story collection by the South Korean writer Yun Ko-eun, whose English-language debut, the novel The Disaster Tourist — also translated by Lizzie Buehler — won...
...“How Ko will use that position is the big question.”...
...He is being challenged with just as much verve by Hou Yu-ih, a former police chief, of the opposition Kuomintang and Ko Wen-je of the smaller Taiwan People’s party, who are appealing to voters seeking change...
...Hou Yu-ih from the Kuomintang, the largest opposition party, had 33.5 per cent of the vote and Ko Wen-je from the smaller Taiwan People’s party had attracted 26.5 per cent....
...However, Ko had offered to concede to Hou if poll results were within the margin of error....
...The rapid rise of Ko has disrupted Taiwan’s political landscape in recent months, however....
...“Ko can get all kinds of promises from the KMT before the election, but they are not credible unless he has a way to enforce them.” Political observers said Ko had a lot of leverage....
...Ko’s emphasis on public housing and transparency as Taipei mayor appeals to Chou....
...The two parties said they would decide whether Hou or Ko gets to lead the ticket based on the two candidates’ support ratings calculated from publicly available and internal polls....
...Ko called the agreement a historic moment. “We have never had a coalition government in Taiwan’s history, so how to form it and how to run it is of course all an experiment,” he said....
...Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je chose a lawmaker from his Taiwan People’s party as running mate. The Kuomintang’s Hou Yu-ih teamed up with a hardline Chinese nationalist radio host....
...No matter if it is towards Foxconn or others, they should explain [the investigation],” Ko said at a meeting with foreign journalists on Tuesday....
...The DPP’s troubles will only help the opposition if Gou, Ko and Hou can make a deal. Initial signs are not promising....
...“Looking at the campaign rhetoric of Ko, Hou and Gou, there is a lot of overlap,” said a KMT politician who advises Hou....
...Ko Wen-je, the former Taipei mayor who is challenging Taiwan’s largest two established parties, the DPP and the opposition Kuomintang, in the presidential race, also claimed that Taiwan was suffering from...
...In the running are the current vice president and Democratic Progressive party (DPP) candidate Lai Ching-te, the leader of the more China-friendly Kuomintang party Hou Yu-ih, and Ko Wen-je, leader of the...
...He is standing against Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang, which is the largest opposition party and sees Taiwan as part of China but disagrees with Beijing over which state represents that nation, and Ko Wen-je...
...Katie, I’m long the guy who shaved Ko Wen-je’s face on the back of his head. Katie MartinNice. Ethan WuAs you might have heard . . . (Laughter) Katie MartinI’m really intrigued where this is going....
...The DPP candidate is in a close race against former police chief Hou Yu-ih from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), which is more open to compromise with China, and Ko Wen-je, a former surgeon who appeals to...
...The corporate campaigns may not even be successful, said Kos Samaras, director of strategy at polling company RedBridge Group....
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...guided power walk or run through El Retiro, Madrid’s favourite Unesco-protected royal park, followed by an aromatherapy-acupressure passage for feet and legs (which sounds like just the one-two punch to KO...
...Yet Studio KO have roots in Uzbekistan: they are working on the conversion of a 1912 power station into Tashkent’s new Centre for Contemporary Art....
...Whatever events that people had that were available, we were working hard to make sure that the stylists and celebrities have the best looks, no matter what,” says Los Angeles-based jewellery designer Anita Ko...
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