Author: kht-root

Meet Greater South will bring startups, technology providers and business forums to the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center on Aug. 28 and 29.

Guest Editorial Article Travelers — including the elderly and those with young children — must drag their luggage 300 meters to reach Uber at Kaohsiung Airport. A TVBS reporter tested the route from the international arrivals hall. It took 4 minutes and 23 seconds and covered about 300 meters. The path crossed two pedestrian crossings, included a downhill section, and required rolling luggage around drainage covers. Some might say that a five-minute walk isn’t that bad. It feels, however, different for an older traveler, a tourist who is not familiar with the environment, a person with limited mobility, a parent…

Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung will suspend work and classes on Monday, Aug. 24, as heavy rain continues across southern Taiwan.

A telecom fault sent a Jiasian landslide warning beyond its intended area as heavy rain closed mountain roads in Kaohsiung.

Muddy flooding returned to Gushan 3rd Road as residents and politicians questioned years of flood-control spending in the area.

Ko Chih-en toured pumping stations and flooded neighborhoods as prolonged rainfall strained drainage systems across Kaohsiung.

Major semiconductor and technology projects are expanding employment in Kaohsiung, but demographic losses and a smaller startup ecosystem complicate the city’s transformation.

Starlux Airlines (星宇航空) announced on Aug. 21 that it will expand operations to southern Taiwan by launching direct flights from Kaohsiung to Kobe and Okinawa, Japan.

Heavy rain flooded roads across Kaohsiung, caused five reported motorcycle crashes in Nanzih and prompted the closure of a section of Provincial Highway 27.

Construction of Gangshan’s planned second National Freeway 1 interchange could begin in September, with the NT$4.38 billion project intended to relieve traffic serving northern Kaohsiung’s industrial areas.