Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/24
By: Tien Jui-hua and Chiang Yi-ching
Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) The historic legalization of same-sex marriage has topped the list of Taiwan's top 10 news stories of 2019 released by Taiwan's national news agency, the Central News Agency (CNA), on Tuesday.
On May 17, the country's Legislature passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a first for an Asian country. The bill, titled Enforcement Act of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748, allows two persons of the same gender aged 18 or older to register their marriage.
The runner-up was Taiwan's loss of two diplomatic allies to China within a five-day period in September.
On Sept. 16, the Solomon Islands decided to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, and Kiribati followed suit four days later. The defection of the two countries left Taiwan with only 15 diplomatic allies worldwide. [FULL STORY]