Proposed by Taiwan People's Party and backed by the Kuomintang, the plebiscite sought reliable power and less reliance on imports.

Opposition lawmakers easily survived recall votes in Taiwan on Saturday, but an opposition-backed referendum to bring back ...

The overwhelming support from participating voters in Saturday’s referendum on restarting the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant ...

Poor showing in nuclear referendum caps summer of setbacks for Taiwanese leader and his party, prompting softer tone from Lai ...

Referring to the mass recall campaign mostly targeting Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers and an opposition-backed ...

Taiwanese attend an anti-recall rally on July 25, 2025, the day before the first round of recall votes.

The failure of a weekend vote to restart a key nuclear plant in Taiwan is an apparent win for the island’s ruling party, but one that leaves the government scrambling to satisfy energy security ...

Lai said that restarting the plant would require a formal safety review process and for Taipower to conduct safety ...

The upshot is a defeat that, according to analysts like William Yang at the International Crisis Group, still sends a significant message on changing public perceptions. “This result, even though it ...

Nuclear power’s future in Taiwan has been an ongoing struggle for President Lai Ching-te and his Democratic Progressive Party ...

Six are dead and 86 wounded in Israeli attacks in Sana'a. Despite a majority in favour of reopening Taiwan’s last nuclear power plant, referendum fails because the turnout ...

A Taiwanese referendum on whe­ther to restart a nuclear power plant has failed after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold.