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    Kaohsiung Sees Animal Shelter Adoption Rates Climb After Six-Year Push

    Business

    Foxtron Electric Car Gets 1,000+ Preorders as Kaohsiung Electric Bus Plant Targets 250 Units in 2026

    Transportation

    Kaohsiung and Tainan Taxi Fares to Include NT$50 Lunar New Year Surcharge From Feb. 13

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    Ding Jin Alley Opens for Traffic

    Transportation

    AirAsia to Launch Kaohsiung–Osaka Fifth-Freedom Route in June

    Urban Future

    Costco to Relocate Its Original Kaohsiung Store to Asia New Bay Area

    Trending News

    Alcohol-Fueled Gathering Ends in Fatal Fall at Kaohsiung Residence

    Transportation

    Enclosed-Cabin Scooters May Soon Be on Kaohsiung Streets; Car License Required

    Drunk and Desperate for Betel Nuts, Kaohsiung Man Pulls Knife at Roadside Stall

    Do You Know the “540” Hand Gesture? Many Taiwanese Kids Do

    High Court Upholds Death Sentence in Kaohsiung 2023 Double Murder Case

    Have Kaohsiung Residents Finally Learned Not to Crash Into the Light Rail?

    How Taiwan’s “Hotel Registered Price Ceiling” System Actually Works

    From Dream to Live Spectacle: Alex Honnold’s Historic Taipei 101 Climb

    Musk Says Neuralink Aims for Mass Production, Fully Automated Brain Surgery by End of 2026

    Tainan Cram School Fined After Elementary Student Forced to Swallow Magnet

    Unity in Diversity: Kaohsiung American School Launches Its First Model United Nations Conference

    KMT Sets Plan for Kaohsiung Council Candidate Picks

    Could Northern Kaohsiung Support a Third Costco? Gangshan Site Draws Attention

    Pingtung Rolls Out Electric Buses on Key Tourist Routes

    Call for Applications: Maritime GENIE Cohort 3

    Weiwuying Announces Partnership With Rolex, Marking First Taiwan-Based Arts Center Collaboration

    ‘Inviting Taylor Swift Isn’t a Policy’: Budget Dispute Sharpens Kaohsiung Mayoral Race

    NTHU AI System Aims to Support Social Workers While Protecting Privacy

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    NT$1,800 Fine ‘May Have Saved My Life,’ Says Kaohsiung Rider After Red-Light Citation

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    Call for Applications: Maritime GENIE Cohort 3

    Anchored in Taiwan, Expanding Globally: TSMC’s Global Expansion Strategy

    Alcohol-Fueled Gathering Ends in Fatal Fall at Kaohsiung Residence

    The Return of the Kaohsiung Main Station Red Carp – A Local Landmark Comes Home

    In Case You Haven’t Heard: See “Ultraman” at Kaohsiung Waterfront From Feb. 7

    Design

    Renwu MRT Proposal Would Link With Red Line Kaohsiung Arena Station

    Crime

    Adultery Is No Longer a Crime, but It Still Carries Legal Consequences

    Transportation

    Enclosed-Cabin Scooters May Soon Be on Kaohsiung Streets; Car License Required

    Events

    Remembering March 1947: Kaohsiung Art Exhibition Reexamines a Silenced History

    Transportation

    City Rejects Petition to Open Jhongjheng Underpass to Motorcycles, Scooters

    Technology

    NT$80B Bet in Kaohsiung: Bai Ding Builds an AI Packaging Substrate Base

    Bai Ding Technology (佰鼎科技), part of Zhen Ding Group (臻鼎集團), will invest NT$80 billion to build a smart FCBGA substrate production base at the Southern Taiwan Science Park Kaohsiung Park (南科高雄園區). The plan targets AI and high performance computing packaging demand, with automation, solar power, and wastewater recycling.

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    E-DA water ride briefly stalls in cave, boy flashes “540” help hand sign

    E-DA World (義大遊樂世界), a theme park in Dashu District (大樹區), Kaohsiung, said a “Super Water Battle” boat briefly became immobilized in a cave section on Jan. 26 at about 4:55 p.m. Staff entered the water and resolved the issue in roughly five minutes. No injuries were reported.

    Pingtung Rolls Out Electric Buses on Key Tourist Routes

    The Modern Enlightenment: Why We Must Dare to Think for Ourselves

    Tainan Cram School Fined After Elementary Student Forced to Swallow Magnet

    KMT Sets Plan for Kaohsiung Council Candidate Picks

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    Sports

    NT$500 “Sports Coin” opens for signup in Taiwan, with Kaohsiung gyms and pools among places to spend it

    Sports

    Hit Three Times, Now on the Same Side: Baseball Feud Turns Friendly as Huang Tzu-peng Joins TSG Hawks

    Sports

    Sun Star Marks 20 Years with Return to Kaohsiung for 2025 Celebrity Charity Baseball Game

    Education

    Breathing with Kaohsiung: The Yoga Movement’s Quiet Influence in the City

    Lifestyle

    Kaohsiung Athletes Ready for the 2025 National Games in Yunlin, Says Mayor

    Football

    Maharlika FC Push Manila Digger to the Limit in Five-Goal Thriller

    TAIWAN EDGE: Video Report on 2026 Taipei Game Show- by Marcel Opliger

    TAIWAN EDGE: Video Report on 2026 Taipei Game Show- by Marcel Opliger.

    The Incredible People Who “Wrote the Textbooks” on Taiwan Sign Language (TSL)

    2018年,台灣通過《國家語言發展法》,正式將台灣手語 (Taiwan Sign Language, TSL)納入國家語言之一。臺灣聾教育,以及臺灣手語的發展,都是從日治時期開始。而在臺灣聾教育的歷史中,有一位相當重要的人士:林文勝先生。他是創立於日治時期,現今臺北市立啟聰學校的第二任校長,同時也是位聾人。究竟臺灣聾教育與這位林校長有些什麼關係呢?這次的FORMOSA FILES中文版在2025年12月時來到臺南,訪問兩位臺灣手語教育的先驅:史文漢(Wayne H. Smith)老師以及丁立芬老師,由他們來與我們一起聊聊,臺灣聾教育與這位「三個第一」的林文勝林校長。

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    Betel Nut Dye Reimagines Taiwan’s “Green” Design Potential

    NT$500 “Sports Coin” opens for signup in Taiwan, with Kaohsiung gyms and pools among places to spend it

    From Dream to Live Spectacle: Alex Honnold’s Historic Taipei 101 Climb

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    The Return of the Kaohsiung Main Station Red Carp – A Local Landmark Comes Home

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    AirAsia to Launch Kaohsiung–Osaka Fifth-Freedom Route in June

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    The new service will operate between Kaohsiung and Osaka as an extension of AirAsia’s existing Kuala Lumpur–Kaohsiung route. Flights are scheduled to begin on June 15, with daily service planned through the summer travel season.

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    Costco to Relocate Its Original Kaohsiung Store to Asia New Bay Area

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    Kaohsiung University District Home Prices Cool as “TSMC Effect” Softens

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    Two Cruise Ships Call at Kaohsiung Port on Same Day, Highlighting Growing Cruise Traffic

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    Kaohsiung Sees Animal Shelter Adoption Rates Climb After Six-Year Push

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    City officials attribute the increase to a six-year reform program that moved beyond basic shelter management to focus on public education, community activities, and responsible pet ownership. In 2023, the city launched the “Ban (伴)” branding initiative — a wordplay on companionship — to reposition shelters as community spaces rather than places associated with abandonment.

    Transportation

    AirAsia to Launch Kaohsiung–Osaka Fifth-Freedom Route in June

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    Kaohsiung and Tainan Taxi Fares to Include NT$50 Lunar New Year Surcharge From Feb. 13

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    Events

    How Taiwan’s “Hotel Registered Price Ceiling” System Actually Works

    Hotels themselves propose the registered maximum price when submitting pricing for record. The local authority reviews the submission for formality and compliance, but does not set or “approve” an arbitrary cap based on economic fairness. Authorities may reject filings for procedural issues, but they do not set price levels based on “market fairness.”

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    Do You Know the “540” Hand Gesture? Many Taiwanese Kids Do

    The “540” hand gesture seen in the video is not an officially recognized emergency signal in Taiwan. However, some individual schools have introduced the gesture during safety or life-skills education, meaning familiarity can vary by age, school, and location.

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