More than a year after Taiwan-based Next Media Group requested a broadcasting license from Taiwan’s National Communication Committee (NCC), the company has yet to receive permission to broadcast news programs. Representatives of Next Media Group have informed IPI that in August 2009 the company applied for licenses for a news channel, a general interest channel, […]

For the second year in a row, representatives of Taiwanese media were handed accreditation for the World Health Assembly (WHA), which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17-21 May. The WHA is the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN). Until 2008, the WHA had […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, expresses concern regarding the refusal by the United Nations (UN) to grant press passes to journalists carrying Taiwanese passports or working for Taiwanese media outlets. According to information before IPI, for the past four years, Taiwanese […]

His Excellency Boutros Boutros-Ghali Secretary General United Nations New York, NY USA Vienna, 11 October 1994 The International Press Institute (IPI), representing editors and leading journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in over 80 countries, is most concerned about the United Nations Secretariat’s recent decision to reject the application of four Taiwanese […]