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.
On Sunday, the four contenders — Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩), Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆), Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑), and Lin Tai-hua (林岱樺) — launched coordinated campaign blitzes across traditional markets and major districts to maximize exposure ahead of the Jan. 12-17 phone survey that will determine the candidate.
Lin Tai-hua (林岱樺) on Sunday forcefully rejected controversies surrounding her campaign, saying the attacks “insult voters’ intelligence.”
By Eryk Michael Smith – NOTE: I am using the city’s official pinyin — under protest 🙂 KAOHSIUNG — A major resurfacing project along Jhongshan Road (中山路), one of southern Kaohsiung’s busiest transport corridors, is delivering noticeable improvements for drivers and pedestrians alike, according to the city’s Public Works Bureau. The upgrade covers nearly 60,000 square meters of roadway along Jhongshan First and Second roads, between Sanduo 3rd Road (三多三路) and Jhongzheng 3rd Road (中正三路), spanning parts of Sinsing and Lingya districts. The project used modified asphalt combined with basic oxygen furnace slag, a more durable material designed to withstand…
Train No. 1985 will depart Nangang Station at 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, stopping only at Taipei and Banqiao before continuing directly to Tainan and then Zuoying. The streamlined route will cut travel time to approximately 83 minutes from Taipei to Tainan and 95 minutes to Zuoying, offering a significantly faster late-night option for travelers heading to Tainan and Kaohsiung.
By Eryk Michael Smith/Staff Image via 房蟲說房事 Alain’s Post FB page. KAOHSIUNG — Kaohsiung International Airport (高雄國際航空站) plans to remove part of its long-standing west-side concrete perimeter wall and replace it with a transparent barrier, allowing the public to directly view aircraft takeoffs and landings for the first time since the airport opened more than six decades ago. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) confirmed the plan after independent councilor Lee Shun-chin (李順進) suggested painting murals on the airport’s west-facing wall, which runs alongside Zhongshan 4th Road (中山四路) and has been criticized for resembling a “prison wall.” Chen said the city…
Some experts note that should Lin choose to run as an independent, the DPP vote will almost certainly be split, leading to a very real chance of a KMT victory.
The Facebook page “高雄老照片/ Kaohsiung Old Photos” is a great resource for history lovers.
After years of archival research and experimentation, a Pingtung man is rediscovering historical methods once used to produce deep, durable dyes from betel nut, techniques that had largely disappeared, even locally.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Beinan Township (卑南鄉) of Taitung County (台東縣) at approximately 5:47 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Central Weather Administration (中央氣象署).
The KMT has nominated Legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩) to run for Kaohsiung mayor, Legislator Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) for Tainan mayor, Legislator Su Ching-chuan (蘇清泉) for Pingtung County magistrate, and Taitung County Council Speaker Wu Hsiu-hua (吳秀華) for Taitung County magistrate.
