Author: kht-root
Opinion by Kaohsiung American School Student Benjamin Lo (Grade 9) Image shows a deity in Taipei worshiped by some gay men, an example of Taiwan’s openness in social matters and religion. Lately, Taiwan has been changing. Visit a university campus, a crowded MRT station, or a night market, and the shift is obvious. Today’s younger generation expresses a distinctly Taiwanese confidence, one that reflects the emerging face of the island. For many young people, the differences between Taiwan and China feel increasingly pronounced. Instead of debating who they are, this generation is more focused on showing the world what a…
Kaohsiung City will carry out a comprehensive evaluation before deciding whether to introduce water buses on the Love River (愛河), said Mayor Chen. Some have called for a system of “water taxi” boats with flexible start and stop locations.
The port company [港務公司] on Nov. 20 promoted a highlight commercial bid for the New Ya-wan Twin Towers development [新亞灣雙子星大樓開發案]. The sequencing signals a push to speed investment and execution.
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…
On Nov. 28, the Pingtung County Police Bureau [屏東縣警察局] rolled out a holiday traffic playbook for Taiwan’s southern tourist corridor, pairing smart signals and CMS alerts with targeted lane reversals and a night pedestrian zone on Kenting Street [墾丁大街].
Authorities note that only designated zones are open; military activities continue in other sections of the base.
The line would connect Daliao (大寮) to Linyuan (林園), forming the southern section of the Kaohsiung MRT circle and linking major industrial and residential districts.
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.
The detained workers revealed that one of their colleagues, another Indonesian worker, was hiding inside the plant’s -6°C freezer. Then the cops were told that another migrant worker, a man from mainland China, was still hiding inside the freezer.
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
