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Hengchun Industrial & Commercial Vocational High School’s AI robotics team has once again defeated university competitors, capturing a record-setting fourth consecutive gold medal. (Photo courtesy of school)
By Staff KAOHSIUNG — A major zoning overhaul for Zuoying District was halted on Tuesday, November 25, after multiple environmental groups protested at the Ministry of the Interior’s Urban Planning Review Committee, warning that the plan threatens Lotus Pond (蓮池潭) views, reduces green space, and leaves Zuoying Naval Base (左營軍港) exposed to surrounding high-rise development. The proposal was sent back to the special review panel and did not pass. Environmental organizations—including the Lotus Pond Protection Alliance (蓮池潭守護聯盟), Taiwan Forest City Association, Taiwan Arborists Association, and the Kaohsiung Citizens’ Supervisory Alliance—argued that the new zoning rules remove height protections around Lotus…
Widened negotiation room in Kaohsiung could point to the market returning to fundamentals.
Worldwide, roughly 1 in 90 births, about 1.1 percent, results from a twin pregnancy. In Taiwan, however, twins account for an estimated 2 to 3 percent of all newborns, a rate nearly triple the global average. Experts attribute the rise to wider use of assisted reproductive technology. For her latest video report, Emily Liu of Kaohsiung American School -who is herself a twin- takes a closer look at why Taiwan is seeing so many double arrivals.
“Construction of the main tower at the Fubon Aozidi Development (富邦凹子底開發案) has reached 45 floors, leaving only the final two levels toward its full 47-story design.”
Lai highlighted the Gangshan–Yanchao–Lujhu belt as the heart of Taiwan’s fastener, metal, and machinery components industry, noting that these clusters account for around 70 percent of national export volume, underpinning Kaohsiung’s reputation as a “world screw capital.”
Speaking before a crowd organizers claimed topped 20,000, Lin Tai-hua said her 25 years of work for Kaohsiung had been repaid with “political persecution.”
Translated and adapted with permission from The News Lens (關鍵評論網) three-part series “醫師節不快樂” by Julia (朱莉雅). On Taiwan’s Doctors’ Day (celebrated on November 12th), hospitals hand out flowers and certificates. But the people meant to be celebrated are exhausted, leaving key specialties, and in some cases paying penalties just to get out. A three-part investigative series from The News Lens (關鍵評論網) follows surgeons, pediatric emergency doctors, and a psychiatrist-researcher to show how Taiwan’s medical system runs on ultra-long shifts, legal gray zones, and a public-service doctor scheme that often fails to keep talent where it is most needed. (TNL The…
WARNING: The following article contains MAJOR SPOILERS related to the recently released TV drama Zero Day Attack.
Taiwan is experiencing a severe and sustained decline in its birth rate, with predictions indicating it is on course to have the world’s lowest total fertility rate (TFR) by 2035.
