Author: kht-root

Workers currently need to detour through Manila, adding hours of travel and additional expense, but a restored Kaohsiung–Laoag service would cut both costs and transit time for Ilocano families, and boost ties, says Ilocos Norte Governor .

Police report a continued rise in online shopping fraud and fake buyer schemes, with scammers using social media, fake fan pages, and fraudulent listings to lure victims off official platforms. Once victims move to private chats, they are pushed to pay through bank transfers, gaming points, or convenience store payment codes.

Concerns mount that some users may not be able to distinguish between neutral information and messaging aligned with Chinese state narratives.

Belle Ng and Emily Liu — Grade 9 students from Kaohsiung American School — investigate colorism and racism in Taiwan.

We continue with our serialization of Taiwan in 100 Books and find out what became of George Psalmanazar, a young Frenchman claiming to be a native of Formosa. He was the author of An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa (1704), one of history’s greatest literary hoaxes.

After a 13-day fire at Tainan’s Wushulin waste site (烏樹林暫置場), officials apologized and acknowledged systemic failures in debris sorting and long-term storage, promising accelerated cleanup, full environmental monitoring, and new management rules.

According to Sun Jen Textile, manufacturing seven towels removes one kilogram of abandoned fishing nets from Taiwan’s surrounding waters.

We were all sold a false bill of goods from a bunch of snake-oil salesmen. We were promised that the World Wide Web would democratize access to info, that it would flatten the pre-existing class structures, and increase human capacity to a level not seen since the Industrial Revolution. We were promised that computers in classrooms would give “21st century skills.” It’s done none of these things. In fact, it’s done the complete opposite.

Reporting by Zoe Hwang and Owen Tsui (Grade 9) – Zohran Mamdani is scheduled to succeed Democratic incumbent Eric Adams, as Mayor of New York City, on January 1, 2026… What do some of the U.S. citizens at Kaohsiung American School think?

Y4 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Station (長庚醫院站) will include a direct underground passageway to the hospital’s B1 level. Riders will be able to exit the station and reach the medical campus without crossing traffic or being exposed to weather conditions.