Travel plans for the busy Lunar New Year holiday period may be thrown into disarray with pilots from Taiwan's second-largest airline, EVA Air, set to go on strike, which is likely to affect long-haul flights in particular. The light sentences handed down to former military officers convicted of spying for China have raised concerns that current sentencing guidelines are not enough of a deterrent. And as the first wave of conscripts since Taiwan extended military service to one year reports for duty, TaiwanPlus asks what the new policy will mean for national defense. Also:
- Police in Taiwan have made dozens of arrests in busting two fraud rings that each stole over US$5 million.
- After a four-year fight, Michael Boyden has become the first British citizen to gain access to disability benefits in Taiwan.
- After reports that disinformation had some impact on Taiwan's recent national elections, Joyce Tseng looks at the threat that generative AI poses to democracy in a bumper year for elections around the world.
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