A privately backed NT$18.8 billion renewal project beside Zuoying’s rail hub has broken ground, with offices, housing, a hotel and public facilities planned across three towers.

Kaohsiung plans to open the Niaosong–Weiwuying section of the MRT Yellow Line in 2032, while completion of the full 22.91-kilometer network remains targeted for 2034.

A new playground in Renwu District turns space beneath the high-speed rail tracks into a recreation area for children, cyclists and nearby residents.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an and DPP Taipei candidate Shen Po-yang traveled to Kaohsiung on the same day, helping their parties turn the city’s mayoral race into a contest with national visibility.

A preferred development team has been chosen for a NT$7.2 billion project beside R17 World Games Station, bringing planned housing, offices and childcare closer to Kaohsiung’s growing semiconductor corridor.

A woman was sentenced to 17 years and eight months after customs officers found more than 4 kilograms of heroin in her luggage at Kaohsiung International Airport.

The inner section of Zuoying’s South Gate Roundabout will close Sept. 23, while its outer lanes remain open during work to convert the junction into a signalized intersection.

Kaohsiung Port could gain 508 hectares of new land under a reclamation project lasting from 2029 to 2059. The plan would absorb construction and dredging material but must first pass a full environmental review.

Judicial Reform Party mayoral candidate Chang Ching has proposed removing Kaohsiung’s former railway station building, putting the light rail underground and making public transportation free. No costs or implementation schedules were released.

he free event will run from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20, across the station’s B1 and B2 levels. KACG is a regular event devoted to anime, comics, and games. Its monthly editions bring independent creators, performers, cosplayers and related businesses into different areas of Kaohsiung Station.