Mayor Chen said the city will conduct a tabletop security exercise on Dec. 23, followed by a full-scale field drill on Dec. 29, to ensure readiness for large public gatherings, including New Year’s Eve celebrations and holiday activities across the city.

Shortly after the attack, a post circulating online claimed that a similar assault was being planned in southern Taiwan, explicitly naming Kaohsiung Station. While authorities stressed that the post had not been verified, the threat was treated as credible enough to trigger a visible response. Kaohsiung police, working alongside Railway Police and national security units, increased patrols, added security checks at transportation nodes, and began tracing the digital origin of the message.

The Shanhua Precinct [善化分局] and National Immigration Agency Tainan arrested six Thai women in Taiwan on tourist visas.

Police report a continued rise in online shopping fraud and fake buyer schemes, with scammers using social media, fake fan pages, and fraudulent listings to lure victims off official platforms. Once victims move to private chats, they are pushed to pay through bank transfers, gaming points, or convenience store payment codes.

Concerns mount that some users may not be able to distinguish between neutral information and messaging aligned with Chinese state narratives.

Agriculture Minister Chen Chien-ji previously warned lawmakers in October that, without intervention, macaques could expand across Taiwan “within the next five years.”

According to the city, the error originated from a 29-year-old research assistant who altered testing instrument settings.

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.

In total, 11 suspects were detained, and police seized seven environmental-service trucks (環保車), one heavy truck, and one passenger car linked to the dumping operation.

Statistics show older drivers are involved in significant numbers of accidents, especially with pedestrians/scooters. For example, drivers 70+ had higher incidents of “pedestrian or passenger error” attributed to them per 100,000 population (47 for 70+ vs. 11 for 18-29) in one breakdown.