Author: Eryk Michael Smith
Eryk Michael Smith
Eryk Michael Smith is a journalist with over a decade of experience working for local and international outlets. He is also the co-host of The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files, and co-founder of Plum Rain Press. The Kaohsiung Times is Smith's latest project, and aims to provide more southern Taiwan-centric news in English.
Reviews of new book on “Singapore at 60” mostly agree that this small nation serves as a living example of how discipline, foresight, and unity can turn vulnerability into vision.
Speaking before about a hundred supporters in Kaohsiung, Cheng said a top priority if elected would be to “end the long rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Tainan and Kaohsiung.”
Once buoyed by strong early polling and factional backing, legislator Lin Dai-hua’s (林岱樺), decline has reportedly left the DPP’s Kaohsiung network — known as the Chu faction (菊系), linked to former Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) — divided and unmotivated to unite behind a single candidate.
Will be one of very few “Buddhist skyscrapers” in the world Image via Facebook page 高雄好過日 By RK Shih/Staff A unique 28-story,…
North-South Freeway 7 will bypass busy city areas and connect to port, meaning fewer large trucks on Freeway 1. Officials say the…
Eryk Michael Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Kaohsiung Times. (Photo Credit: Kaohsiung Times) Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming out…
Saying both sides are to blame here is like insisting that Poland provoked pre-1941 buddies Hitler and Stalin by existing. AI Generated…
DPP Candidate for Kaohsiung Mayor Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑) Opens Campaign Office in Zuoying
Worries grow over a surprise KMT win in next year’s election
