Han Kuo-yu gained prominence during a successful long-shot mayoral bid. Now he might run for president, and put Taiwan’s democracy at risk.

The head of Taiwan's legislature, Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang, says he pressed President Lai Ching-te to stop a campaign to recall dozens of opposition legislators. The two discussed how to end the ...

Han Kuo-yu, a populist mayor who favors closer ties with China, was picked to run against President Tsai Ing-wen, who has been sharply critical of Beijing, in Taiwan’s 2020 presidential race.

Voters in Taiwan’s southern port city of Kaohsiung lined up on Saturday morning to cast ballots on a recall motion of mayor Han Kuo-yu, a vote that will have ripple effects on the island’s ...

Han Kuo-yu, the opposition candidate in this year’s Taiwanese presidential election, has been removed as mayor of the city of Kaohsiung following an unprecedented recall vote on Saturday.

KMT’s Han Kuo-yu Is Taiwan’s New Legislative Speaker By Brian Hioe. The KMT's failed 2020 presidential candidate will hold the reins of the legislature, even while the DPP keeps the presidency.

Credit: Facebook/ Han Kuo-yu Whoever wins the 2020 Taiwan presidential elections will inherit a difficult office. Taiwan’s ailing economy and its fraught relations with the Chinese mainland ...

Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu lost a vote to remove him from office Saturday, Central News Agency reported. More than 37% of the 2.3 million citizens eligible to agreed to recall Han ...

The mayor, Han Kuo-yu, had tried to win the presidency just months ago on a Beijing-friendly platform. His removal in a recall vote reflects a stunning reversal and a hardening of Taiwan’s ...

KMT presidential nominee Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu said during a visit to a temple on the campaign trail on Saturday (Sept. 14) that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has turned in an ...