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Taiwan Daily News Podcast — August 28, 2026
In this episode: Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed a drone procurement act, overriding the Executive Yuan with a NTD 240 billion, 6-year plan; Yayoi Kusama, the artist behind Taiwan's 'Pumpkin Spirit' sculpture, has died at 97; Taiwan will launch a 'Health Coin' rewards program in October for checkups, cancer screenings, and vaccinations; A glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border killed 359, with 51 Taiwanese in Tibet reported safe; The Trump administration is weighing new semiconductor tariffs that could hit Taiwan's chip industry; Nvidia's record earnings lifted Taiwan stocks back above…
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