Kaohsiung is moving to a “producer pays” system for food waste, charging businesses and institutions that haul scraps to designated sites at three city incinerators. City officials say the plan helps cover long-term treatment costs and aligns with Taiwan’s shift away from feeding kitchen waste to pigs.<

Focus 13 (高流商場 Focus 13) is a new waterfront lifestyle mall set inside Kaohsiung Music Center’s Coral Reef Cluster (珊瑚礁群). After earlier “trial opening” expectations for 2025 Q1, the company now points to late December 2025 for opening

Taiwan currently operates about 25 desalination plants, most of them on outlying islands, with others serving industrial use or emergency backup.

Even as TSMC’s international footprint reaches unprecedented scale, the center of gravity of global chip manufacturing remains—and for the foreseeable future will continue to remain—firmly anchored in Taiwan.

Kaohsiung City’s “station front” makeover moves from concept to contract, with a three-tower, mixed-use redevelopment designed to turn foot traffic into long-term commercial gravity.

Industry sources in Kaohsiung have confirmed the latest rumors, saying the proposed hotel brand has been upgraded to Le Méridien, which sits in Marriott’s Premium tier. However, the group that owns the property has so far declined to officially confirm any brand partnership.