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A debate on Threads prompted Kaohsiung police to explain what motorists should do when a traffic signal turns yellow.
Kaohsiung will mark National Heritage Day with exhibitions, historical games and walking activities while showcasing buildings that have found new uses after restoration.
Restaurants, guesthouses and cultural businesses are preparing to open in restored former Navy residences along Wei 6th Road in Zuoying. The first phase is scheduled to begin operating in October.
The Taiwan Railway Corporation (台灣鐵路公司) plans to demolish and rebuild the 60-year-old Lujhu Station (路竹車站) after the facility failed to meet structural seismic standards. According to information published by local community outlet Kaohsiungdian (高雄點), the railway authority expects to open the public tender process for the reconstruction project in October. Preliminary project timelines indicate the new transit station is scheduled to become fully operational by mid-2029.
Once associated paths are completed, the city intends the bridge to form part of a largely traffic-separated walking route connecting Shuanghu Forest Park (雙湖森林公園), Guoling Natural Park and Chengcing Lake.
By Roseline Gao. Images and info via Kaohsiung City Tourism Bureau. KAOHSIUNG — A coastal forest in Cijin will again host art…
The evidence included 1,721 packets made to resemble commercially sold coffee products but containing illicit drugs. Authorities also destroyed 1,307 bags or containers of ketamine, 130 controlled sedative tablets, 592 ketamine-laced cigarettes and 1,391 pieces of drug paraphernalia.
Kaohsiung light rail ridership rose 6.5% in August as C35 Kaisyuan Wuchang climbed sharply in the station rankings after a nearby family park opened.
A Kaohsiung councilor and the city government have offered sharply different assessments of municipal debt by using different categories of public borrowing.
A section of Chaishan Road in Gushan District reopened to cars Sept. 12 after remaining closed for more than two weeks because of slope movement caused by heavy rain.