Author: Eryk Michael Smith

By Eryk Michael Smith / Staff Kaohsiung’s international creative will gather on the evening of December 19, as Second Space teams up with Nomad Taiwan to host what is being billed as a cross-border mixer for remote workers, founders, designers, and other float-friendly digital talent who already call Taiwan home — or are just settling in. The time and place are Friday, December 19, 18:30–21:00, at Second Space (高雄新興區中山一路12-5), and the event promises the two things digital nomads secretly want but rarely get in one package: low-pressure socializing and people who understand the difference between “working from home” and “working…

By Eryk Michael Smith / KH City Govt Kaohsiung officials were in Busan, South Korea, last month for the first Global City Tourism Summit, an event organized by the Tourism Promotion Organization (TPO), the Busan Metropolitan Government, and the Busan Tourism Organization. The meeting brought together about 1,200 representatives from 22 cities in 13 countries. Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau Director-General Kao Min-lin (高閔琳) attended the mayor-level roundtable, held bilateral talks with Busan officials, and promoted the city to tourism and aviation partners from South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Kao met with Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon (朴亨埈) and Busan Tourism…

Structural work and exterior walls are largely complete, and the store is scheduled to open in mid-2026, replacing Costco’s existing Kaohsiung founding location.

The exhibition, titled “Sacred Waters: Cultural Beliefs and Folklore in the Gaoping River Basin” (這條河很神！高屏溪流域的信仰故事), opened Monday at the Kaohsiung Museum of History.

Twelve lighting installations are spread throughout Central Park, and will remain on display through January 4, 2026.

In total, 11 suspects were detained, and police seized seven environmental-service trucks (環保車), one heavy truck, and one passenger car linked to the dumping operation.

A small gallery next to the main shelter building preserves the wartime history, displaying material about the old camp and its prisoners. Critics argue that the redevelopment erased too much of the physical site. Supporters say the county struck a balance between present-day needs and acknowledgment of the past.

Among emerging CDR technologies, biochar has unexpectedly become a headline topic. And for good reason: it offers a rare combination of scientific credibility, scalability, and economic viability.

By Eryk Michael Smith /Staff Yahoo News image shows DPP lawmakers at Taipei press conference. TAIPEI — Ruling party heavyweights from southern Taiwan closed ranks in Taipei on Wednesday, accusing the opposition of ramming through fiscal changes that “feed the north and starve the south,” and demanding the legislature reopen the books. At a press conference led by legislator Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆), 11 Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers from Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Pingtung said the latest blue–white (KMT–TPP) revision of the Fiscal Revenue and Expenditure Allocation Act would hand Taipei City more than NT$40 billion, while leaving Kaohsiung more than NT$20…

By Eryk Michael Smith Dr. Chen Yao-chang (陳耀昌), one of Taiwan’s foremost hematology–oncology specialists and a pioneer of bone marrow transplantation, died Monday at National Taiwan University Hospital. He was 76. A longtime professor and later honorary professor at NTU College of Medicine, Dr. Chen helped establish modern hematology and stem-cell medicine in Taiwan. He served as the founding director of the National Health Research Institutes’ Stem Cell Center and played a key role in promoting the nation’s cell therapy and regenerative medicine framework. Beyond medicine, Dr. Chen was also a novelist whose historical works, such as Puppet Flower and Lion’s Head Flower, brought…