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.
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.
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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
