Taiwan apologises to Indigenous people for the first time

 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (l) welcomes an Aboriginal person during a formal apology to Taiwan's Indigenous population. (Getty Images)

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (l) welcomes an Aboriginal person during a formal apology to Taiwan's Indigenous population. (Getty Images) Source: Getty Images

Wearing traditional dress from feather headdresses to loincloths, members of Taiwan's Indigenous community met President Tsai Ing-wen Monday as she made a landmark apology for centuries of suffering including the loss of ancestral lands.



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