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The city’s Parks Office said it would inspect conditions at the park, replant grass in exposed areas, and work to improve drainage.

The city will announce rental details on July 27, and applications will be accepted from Aug. 6 to Aug. 25. Applicants must be adult ROC citizens who either have household registration in Kaohsiung or study or work in the city. Household members must not own a home in Kaohsiung, and the average monthly income per household member must not exceed NT$59,395.

A suspected drunk driver crashed onto the Kaohsiung light rail tracks Friday night, blocking service near Heart of Love River Station for nearly an hour, police said.

His best-known work, Cage Piece, was performed from 1978 to 1979. Hsieh locked himself in a wooden cage for one year, during which he did not speak, read, write, watch television, or listen to the radio. A friend delivered food and helped with basic needs, while the process was photographed and notarized.

Cijin Sunset Bar is the place to be for kite-watching and “adult beverages.” This Saturday, at the pop-up at Cijin Sunset Pop-Up, 1050 Cijin 3rd Road, according to the event listing, anyone wearing a bikini top can enjoy free drinks, and yes, the offer applies to both men and women.

She acknowledged that Kaohsiung remains a city where the DPP has more support than the KMT, and said she does not deny that Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) has maintained strong approval ratings. Ko also said previous mayors, including Han, deserved credit for parts of their work. She said Han’s administration, though short-lived, made improvements to roads, drainage, and flood prevention.

The 2026 Cijin Kite Festival and Inflatable Water Park (2026旗津風箏節暨氣墊水樂園) will be held July 25-26 and Aug. 1-2 near the Love Gate (鍾愛之門), the Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau said.

By KHT Staff KAOSHIUNG — A research team led by the National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology has proposed a new method to assess how seagrass beds store carbon, arguing that current methods may underestimate their climate value. The team was led by Chen Chien-chih (陳建志), a professor in NKUST’s Department of Marine Environmental Engineering (海洋環境工程系). The research was published in a Nature Portfolio journal, the university said. Seagrass beds are considered an important “blue carbon” ecosystem because they can absorb and store carbon dioxide in coastal and marine environments. However, Chen’s team noted that previous blue carbon studies have…

The festival will run from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Shinbinn Station Front, immediately outside MRT Hamasen Station.

Wang argued that the DPP’s continued strength in Kaohsiung and Tainan gives it more than local control. The two cities also serve as important sources of political talent, grassroots organization, and policy experience, he wrote. Opposition parties, by contrast, have often concentrated resources in northern Taiwan and a limited number of competitive districts, treating southern cities as difficult or unwinnable, according to Wang.