Taiwan's premier resigns after ruling party loss in local election

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's premier announced his resignation on Saturday after the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party's trouncing in local elections. Jiang Yi-huah, in a hastily called news conference, said his resignation had been accepted by President Ma Ying-Jeou. The KMT lost its two strongholds of Taipei, the capital, and Taichung, in central Taiwan, in the election for mayors and councillors at the local level island-wide. The race for the Taipei mayor's job had been widely interpreted as a test of confidence in Ma's China-friendly government. (Reporting by Jeanny Kao and J.R. ... Read More https://ca.news.yahoo.com/taiwans-premier-resigns-ruling-party-loss-local-election-122543972.html