Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party have championed LGBTQ+ rights making the island a bastion of liberal values, and in 2019 Taiwan legalised same sex marriage in a first for Asia
Officials hope the project connecting central Seoul and its outskirts will encourage more youth to consider homes outside the city, and start having babies
The nation’s parliament passes a marriage equality bill in a landmark step that moves the country closer to becoming the third territory in Asia to legalise same-sex unions