Telecom founder Hung Fang-lung became the fifth reported entrant in Kaohsiung’s mayoral race and proposed a two-year accountability test for campaign pledges.

An 83-year-old candidate has entered the Kaohsiung City Council race, saying she wants to protect a forest near the Ciaotou Sugar Refinery grounds.

Once a magnet for young shoppers, Kaohsiung’s Yu-Chu district has spent years in decline. Lower rents and a wave of bars, music events and independent shops have brought people back at night, but the city still needs a credible plan to make the area work in daylight too.

Kaohsiung Finland International School opened at Cianjin Elementary School with more than 20 students and plans to seek IB authorization in 2027.

A Tainan court granted NT$30,000 bail to a man accused of releasing more than 100 live cockroaches inside a restaurant in Anping District.

Kaohsiung is offering vouchers for certified members of the public who capture adult green iguanas, hoping to reduce breeding before mating season.

A China Times commentator questions whether the DPP’s treatment of Kaohsiung has depended on which party controls City Hall.

Four of Kaohsiung’s nine direct Japanese destinations had July load factors below 90% as Tigerair Taiwan prepared scheduled Ishigaki and Komatsu launches.

British YouTuber Lee Da-feng’s rain-soaked complaint resonated with Kaohsiung residents after an unusually wet stretch in late August.

Kaohsiung’s August rainfall broke a record dating to 1931 and reached 93% of the southern Taiwan city’s annual average.