Author: kht-root

Kaohsiung’s Aozihdi Forest Park [凹子底森林公園] turned into the city’s outdoor living room on November 22–23, 2025. The Kaohsiung Coffee Festival paired with the Shennong Market [神農市集] brought specialty brews by day and a city-party route to evening concerts. The outdoor living room effect Under swaying trees and easy transit access, Aozihdi Forest Park became a social ground for young coffee lovers. The festival ran 3 pm to 9 pm, blending pour-over bars, desserts, lifestyle picks, cupping shares and latte-art demos into one scroll-stopping afternoon. Cups, classes and champions This year gathered over 60 coffee and dessert brands, from world-title baristas…

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The site is connected via light rail to the Kaohsiung Machinery Plant redevelopment (高雄機廠) and the 205th Arsenal area. Officials expect major changes in the “fourth quadrant” of the circular line within five years.

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The first emperor of China dispatched expeditions to the world’s far corners with a life-and-death task: find and bring back the elixir of immortality. Most famous among these explorers was a Taoist priest named Xu Fu, who sailed into the Eastern Seas. Xu Fu and his fleet vanished. Some legends say he settled in Japan. In Tim McGirk’s novel, Xu Fu goes beyond Japan, traversing the Pacific Ocean and landing upon the shores of the land of the May

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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…

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