{"podcast":{"title":"EZ News","slug":"ez-news-1063909","podcast_index_feed_id":1063909,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundon.fm/podcasts/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71.xml","website_url":"https://www.icrt.com.tw","image_url":"https://files.soundon.fm/1590400671701-499db714-348f-4ac0-ba9c-b5cf92e6d327.jpg","author":"ICRT News Team","episode_count":1511,"summary":"ICRT 主播用簡單緩慢的英文，幫助你了解台灣每日重點新聞！ 讓你學習英文、接收新知，一舉兩得🎉 EZ News is designed to help learners improve their English. It is a production of ICRT News, and is posted on our web site and app weekdays. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T14:20:09.814912+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909"},"episode":{"title":"EZ News 05/14/26","slug":"ez-news-05-14-26","published_at":"2026-05-14T02:37:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-05-14-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909","url":"https://player.soundon.fm/p/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/episodes/b09bf35a-1697-4398-9ce7-161b2a00dc68","audio_url":"https://rss.soundon.fm/rssf/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/feedurl/b09bf35a-1697-4398-9ce7-161b2a00dc68/rssFileVip.mp3?timestamp=1779718695086","summary":"Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 121-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 41,496 on turnover of 18.4-billion N-T. The market moved sharply lower on Wednesday, as the bellwether electronics sector was dragged down following losses by U-S tech companies on Wall Street overnight amid a surge in inflation in America. Gov't touts Taiwan as a full APEC member The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is insisting that Taiwan remains a full APEC member. It comes after China's Taiwan Affairs Office said Taiwan's participation in the forum is conducted under the \"one-China principle.\" China is hosting this year's APEC events. The foreign ministry here in Taipei says Taiwan formally became a full APEC member economy in 1991 under the name \"Chinese Taipei\" through the signing of an accession (正式加入) MOU. The ministry is also calling on Beijing to \"fulfill its duties and commitments as APEC host in accordance with APEC guidelines, standards, and practices.\" Taipei expands rat control measures, seeks national monitoring model And, The Taipei City Government's Department of Environmental Protection says its stepping up efforts against rodent infestations by expanding tracking methods … .. while also call central government to establish a unified national monitoring system to better assess (評估) pest control effectiveness. According to the department, until such a system is established, the city will expand its use of the \"trap-night\" method, while also tracking active rat burrows and public reports as indicators of infestation trends. The department also says it currently has more than 80 disinfection specialists, each assisted by one or two cleaning workers, which should be sufficient to meet current demand. Russia Launche…","meta_description":"Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 121-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 41,496 o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":354,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ez-news-1063909/episodes/ez-news-05-14-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-05-14-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}