Kaohsiung’s new family park at the former TRA workshop drew more than 65,000 visitors during its first weekend, pushing the city to adjust traffic, parking and crowd-control measures.

French luxury house Hermès reopened its renovated two-story boutique at Hanshin Department Store in Kaohsiung on Aug. 7, featuring designs inspired by Kaohsiung Harbor.

A crash near Guanghua Night Market injured three people and cut power to 600 households following a multi-vehicle collision on Aug. 7. Tesla driver says mechanical failure the cause.

A Kaohsiung court upheld most of a penalty against a scooter rider filmed riding hands-free on Gaoping Bridge, saying numbness from carpal tunnel syndrome did not justify dangerous driving.

Late last week, Kaohsiung held a citywide resilience drill to test civil defense mobilization, disaster response, medical capacity and coordination between central, local, military and civilian agencies.

More than 30,000 people visited Kaohsiung’s new family recreation park on opening day, making the former TRA workshop one of the city’s busiest new summer attractions.

Officials are urging visitors to use public transportation, particularly during the opening period. The park is about a one-minute walk from the C35 Kaisyuan Wuchang light rail station (凱旋武昌站).

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.

Dalinpu residents are objecting to 19 proposed replacement lots located directly in front of where a road ends. In Taiwan, this arrangement is known as luchong (路沖) and is often considered undesirable under traditional feng shui beliefs.