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    Now streaming on Formosa Files: Ballots and Missiles – 1996: Taiwan’s First Direct Presidential Election

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    Kaohsiung targets 2032 opening for first Yellow Line section

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    KMT and DPP bring Taipei star power to Kaohsiung campaign

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    Filipino educator builds leadership role across southern Taiwan

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    Rail-themed park opens beneath high-speed rail viaduct in Renwu

    Urban Future

    Team selected for NT$7 billion World Games MRT Station area redevelopment

    Crime

    Woman sentenced to 17 years, 8 months over 4 kg of heroin found at Kaohsiung airport

    Urban Future

    Kaohsiung Port proposes 508-hectare land reclamation project

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    Former Japanese Adult Film Star Mizukawa Sumire Visits Kaohsiung, Greets Fans in Taiwanese

    Armed police storm hidden Kaohsiung KTV, detain 35 in drug raid

    39-year-old woman found dead on Yangmingshan after she planned to leave the relationship

    Filipino educator builds leadership role across southern Taiwan

    Kaohsiung inspectors find food-handling lapse at Costco after oven-cleaning video

    Taiwan Adult Expo Heads to Kaohsiung in April, Featuring Japanese AV Star Kuraki Hana

    Filipino educator builds leadership role across southern Taiwan

    Kaohsiung targets 2032 opening for first Yellow Line section

    Rail-themed park opens beneath high-speed rail viaduct in Renwu

    KMT and DPP bring Taipei star power to Kaohsiung campaign

    Team selected for NT$7 billion World Games MRT Station area redevelopment

    Ko Chih-en proposes Moon World music festival

    Woman sentenced to 17 years, 8 months over 4 kg of heroin found at Kaohsiung airport

    Inner section of Zuoying roundabout to close on Sept. 23

    Kaohsiung Port proposes 508-hectare land reclamation project

    Long-shot Kaohsiung mayoral candidate proposes demolishing old station building

    Events

    Tickets for Kaohsiung hot air balloon rides go on sale Wednesday

    Crime

    Armed police storm hidden Kaohsiung KTV, detain 35 in drug raid

    Kaohsiung targets 2032 opening for first Yellow Line section

    Yellow does not mean speed up, Kaohsiung police warn

    Cijin coastal market returns for final weekend

    Costco Taiwan to require membership scans at food courts

    Businesses prepare to open in restored Zuoying Navy village

    Kaohsiung police destroy 960 kg of narcotics evidence

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    39-year-old woman found dead on Yangmingshan after she planned to leave the relationship

    Filipino educator builds leadership role across southern Taiwan

    Kaohsiung Milk Tea Festival brings 70 vendors to Yancheng this weekend

    Former Japanese Adult Film Star Mizukawa Sumire Visits Kaohsiung, Greets Fans in Taiwanese

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    Crime

    Woman sentenced to 17 years, 8 months over 4 kg of heroin found at Kaohsiung airport

    Transportation

    Inner section of Zuoying roundabout to close on Sept. 23

    Urban Future

    Kaohsiung Port proposes 508-hectare land reclamation project

    Politics

    Long-shot Kaohsiung mayoral candidate proposes demolishing old station building

    Events

    Kaohsiung Station anime event returns this weekend

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    Kaohsiung Cocktail Festival postponed to next weekend

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    KMT candidate questions efficacy of flood control spending in Kaohsiung

    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.

    The World Cannot Do Without Taiwan: Peace in the Taiwan Strait Is Vital to the Global Economic Lifeline

    Kaohsiung begins NT$354 million Cijin wastewater plant overhaul

    SYS University sets traps for food-snatching monkeys

    Kaohsiung homes average 34 years old; Renwu’s are the newest

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    New family park draws 30,000 on first day

    Lifestyle

    Former TRA workshop to become Taiwan’s largest semi-indoor playground

    Entertainment

    Former TRA workshop park to open Aug. 8

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    Gravelton cycling race returns to Clark in October

    Pingtung

    Kenting marathon set for Nov. 15

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    Nanzihkeng Sports Center opens with 50-meter heated pool

    Now streaming on Formosa Files: Ballots and Missiles – 1996: Taiwan’s First Direct Presidential Election

    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.

    Dozens of stingrays appear overnight in Kaohsiung pond|Watch FTV English News

    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.

    WATCH: Kaohsiung library renovations reveal Japanese-era township office – FTV English News

    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.

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    Filipino educator builds leadership role across southern Taiwan

    Kaohsiung Milk Tea Festival brings 70 vendors to Yancheng this weekend

    Man rescued after four days trapped in mud in Kaohsiung mountains

    Kaohsiung inspectors find food-handling lapse at Costco after oven-cleaning video

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    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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    Greenpeace poll finds nine in 10 Kaohsiung residents unaware of CPC cracker plan

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    Unimicron falls out of NT$1,000 club amid alleged “origin laundering”: How is “Made in Taiwan” determined?

    Taiwan startups look beyond borders at Startup World Cup in Taipei

    Legal reforms and regional startup hubs planned to help companies expand at home and abroad

    Meet Greater South opens in Kaohsiung with AI, funding focus

    LOPIA sets Sept. 12 opening for Taiwan’s first PREMIO store in Kaohsiung

    Kaohsiung mall workers question “mandatory” shifts during second rain closure day

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    Kaohsiung targets 2032 opening for first Yellow Line section

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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.

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    Rail-themed park opens beneath high-speed rail viaduct in Renwu

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    Kaohsiung targets 2032 opening for first Yellow Line section

    Transportation

    Inner section of Zuoying roundabout to close on Sept. 23

    Events

    Kaohsiung puts historic sites to new use for National Heritage Day

    Urban Future

    Businesses prepare to open in restored Zuoying Navy village

    Music

    Local Band Elephant Gym Opens “Micro Movement” Recording Studio

    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.

    Crime

    Kaohsiung police destroy 960 kg of narcotics evidence

    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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    Opposition Parties Signal Possible Cooperation in Kaohsiung Mayor’s Race

    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).

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    Niaosong road tops Kaohsiung’s average-speed violations

    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.

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    Chen Ting-fei Wins DPP Primary for Tainan Mayor

    Chen edges Lin Chun-hsien by 2.69 points; both outpoll KMT challenger Hsieh Lung-chieh in head-to-head surveys

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