KMT mayoral candidate Ko Chih-en is preparing for her first major Fongshan rally, while DPP rival Lai Jui-lung is backing a proposed NT$150 million gymnastics training center. Here is the latest from Kaohsiung’s 2026 election campaign.

By KHT Staff KAOHSIUNG — A newly delivered Airbus A321neo assigned to China Airlines’ southern operations made its Kaohsiung debut Sunday, signaling…

The secretary-general of the Taiwan Macaque Coexistence Promotion Association, said monkeys would continue entering the campus as long as food remained easily accessible. She called for clearer rules limiting exposed food and outdoor eating in areas frequented by macaques.

Police rescued a 48-year-old man who was found dehydrated but alive after spending four days trapped in mud in Kaohsiung’s Tianliao mountain area.

President Department Store’s Wufu building has been demolished, with part of the jointly owned site tentatively set for parking and long-term redevelopment still unclear.

Opinion writer Shen Nai-hsun argues that Kaohsiung’s NT$8.1 billion redevelopment of Cianjhen Fishing Port has failed to provide foreign fishing workers with adequate, affordable accommodation and shower facilities.

Following heavy rain and reports of potholes across Kaohsiung, author Shen Nai-hsun argues that the city must explain how repairs will be funded and completed. However, funds carried forward in government accounts should not automatically be described as unspent money available for immediate use.

Armed police detained 35 people and seized more than 200 suspected drug packets in a raid on a hidden warehouse KTV in Kaohsiung’s Daliao District.

Taiwan-based lawyer and political analyst Ross Feingold (方恩格) observed to Kaohsiung Times that “The length of time this case has taken to make its way through the litigation process is normal in Taiwan for a case that involves dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries, and that involves a dispute over whether corporates or local/central government agencies also might bear responsibility due to negligence in public works or regulatory oversight of the companies involved. Often, both the criminal and civil side of these matters can take this long.”

Kaohsiung’s recovery lawsuit over compensation paid after the 2014 gas explosions remains before the Supreme Court, with more than NT$1.1 billion still at issue.