By KHT Staff. Images via the KH Tourism Bureau. KAOHSIUNG — The 2026 Kaohsiung Cocktail Festival has been postponed because…
Ko Chih-en and Lee Hong-yuan called for an integrated review of the Dianbao River’s flood-control system after renewed flooding in Ziguan District.
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On March 23, 1996, with two US carrier groups sent to the region and ROC soldiers on alert, more than ten million Taiwanese went to the polls. The leading candidates were incumbent KMT president Lee Teng-hui and the DPP’s Peng Ming-min, a veteran democracy activist and former political exile.
Residents in Kaohsiung were surprised after dozens of stingrays appeared overnight in a pond near Chengcing Lake. The rays showed up so suddenly, and in such large numbers, that officials suspect they may have been dumped by a breeder.
Seismic retrofitting work at the Caogong branch of the Kaohsiung Public Library has uncovered historical remains believed to be part of the original Fengshan Township Office, dating back nearly a century. Kaohsiung City Councilor Lin Chih-hung inspected the site with local heritage groups and submitted a petition calling to preserve and showcase its historical significance.
Business & Economy
A Kaohsiung councilor and the city government have offered sharply different assessments of municipal debt by using different categories of public borrowing.
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Kaohsiung plans to open the Niaosong–Weiwuying section of the MRT Yellow Line in 2032, while completion of the full 22.91-kilometer network remains targeted for 2034.
The facility occupies a converted urban house near Formosa Boulevard [美麗島] and the Nanhua Night Market [南華夜市]. The ground floor operates as a cafe, while the second and third floors feature sound-insulated recording spaces, a mixing and control room, and a lounge area. Available studio equipment includes multiple Fender guitars, a Fender Jazz Bass, a drum kit, and a keyboard.
The evidence included 1,721 packets made to resemble commercially sold coffee products but containing illicit drugs. Authorities also destroyed 1,307 bags or containers of ketamine, 130 controlled sedative tablets, 592 ketamine-laced cigarettes and 1,391 pieces of drug paraphernalia.
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Kaohsiung’s Red Line already includes two stations widely praised for their design — Formosa Boulevard Station, famous for its Dome of Light installation, and Central Park Station, known for its distinctive modern architecture. Some civic leaders argue that the Yellow Line should strive for a similar international standard in station design and public art.
Kuomintang (KMT) mayoral hopeful Ko Chih-en (柯志恩) says there must be cooperation between the KMT and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP).
On Songyi Road (松藝路) in Niaosong District (鳥松區), cameras record when a vehicle enters and exits a 1.3-kilometer monitored section. If the time it takes to travel through the section shows the vehicle’s average speed was over the 50-kilometer-per-hour limit, the driver can be fined.
Chen edges Lin Chun-hsien by 2.69 points; both outpoll KMT challenger Hsieh Lung-chieh in head-to-head surveys




