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.<

Opening Dec. 27, Panhua Park was redesigned from the old 三民一號公園 (Sanmin Park No. 1) beginning in June 2024, with a focus on restoring severely saline soil, reducing hard surfaces, and increasing green coverage.

On January 1, 2026, Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (衛武營國家藝術文化中心) turns New Year’s Day into a full-day cultural itinerary: an outdoor live broadcast of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert, plus an evening hall concert led by Golden Melody winner ABAO Abao

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

Visitors can see how temple figures are shaped, fired, assembled, and prepared for installation.

The Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport development in Fengshan District (鳳山區), marked a major milestone in what will become the company’s third LaLaport shopping complex in Taiwan.

Pedestrian crossings are being adjusted. Crosswalks are being set slightly farther back from intersections, and striped markings are being re-angled so drivers can see pedestrians earlier as they approach.

Civic groups argue that the forested land surrounding the former sugar refinery represents one of northern Kaohsiung’s most significant remaining green spaces, supporting both wildlife habitat and public use. They say large-scale development would not only disrupt the historic setting of the sugar factory but also erase an irreplaceable urban forest.

According to Sun Jen Textile, manufacturing seven towels removes one kilogram of abandoned fishing nets from Taiwan’s surrounding waters.

Kaohsiung officials say the Christmas Festival at Central Park now ranks as southern Taiwan’s largest year-end cultural gathering.