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The 2026 Cijin Kite Festival will enter its final weekend Aug. 8-9, with giant ocean-themed kites, night displays, a DJ show, and fire dance performances planned near the Gate of Love (鍾愛之門) at Cijin Beach.

Lai Media reported that at least two cars and two scooters had been left in marked parking spaces that were later canceled as part of traffic preparations for the opening. After the spaces were repainted as red lines, the vehicles were classified as illegally parked and towed.

Taiwanese technology entrepreneur Fox Hsiao (蕭上農) will examine how Taiwan’s founders and engineers could contribute to national defense during an online webinar on Aug. 26. Sign up info in article.

The Cijin Kite Festival drew more than 100,000 visitors on its Aug. 1-2 opening weekend after typhoon-related weather canceled the original July 25-26 dates. Final weekend of events scheduled for Aug. 8-9.

Cijin Beach is undergoing a NT$478 million redevelopment that will add new visitor facilities, showers, restrooms and a rebuilt seaside bar by late 2026.

Combat units from the Fifth Theater Command deployed tanks and armored vehicles to practice critical infrastructure defense in central Taiwan on the first day of the Han Kuang military exercises.

Lantian Elementary School, a new NT$1.07 billion campus near Kaohsiung University, is scheduled to open Aug. 31. The city said Lantian is Taiwan’s first elementary school built entirely with a steel structure. Construction was completed in less than two years.

According to institutional enrollment data, Shu-Te University currently hosts more than 350 students from Cebu, making the campus in Kaohsiung a central hub for Cebuano scholars studying in Taiwan.

The couple’s 12-year-old boy struck the floor with a baseball bat to distract Chen, giving his parents time to escape into the office and call police.

Chen also asked the Transportation Bureau, Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, and Police Department to strengthen traffic control around the site, including nearby roads, public transport links, and parking areas. The city said the goal is to provide a safe, comfortable, and smooth visitor experience for people coming from across Taiwan.