Following heavy rain and reports of potholes across Kaohsiung, author Shen Nai-hsun argues that the city must explain how repairs will be funded and completed. However, funds carried forward in government accounts should not automatically be described as unspent money available for immediate use.

Scholars credit Chen Chi-mai’s administration with changes in technology, transit, tourism and green space as five candidates compete to lead Kaohsiung.

Drivers have complained that a narrow access road and sharp turn at HSR Zuoying Station leave little room for error. THSR has agreed to repair damaged protective tubing, but no wider reconstruction has been announced.

Taipei police transferred a 37-year-old man to prosecutors after finding his missing girlfriend’s remains near Pingjing Street on Yangmingshan.

Armed police detained 35 people and seized more than 200 suspected drug packets in a raid on a hidden warehouse KTV in Kaohsiung’s Daliao District.

Kaohsiung inspectors ordered Costco’s Dashun warehouse to correct a cross-contamination prevention lapse after an oven-cleaning video raised food-safety concerns.

Taiwan-based lawyer and political analyst Ross Feingold (方恩格) observed to Kaohsiung Times that “The length of time this case has taken to make its way through the litigation process is normal in Taiwan for a case that involves dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries, and that involves a dispute over whether corporates or local/central government agencies also might bear responsibility due to negligence in public works or regulatory oversight of the companies involved. Often, both the criminal and civil side of these matters can take this long.”

Kaohsiung’s recovery lawsuit over compensation paid after the 2014 gas explosions remains before the Supreme Court, with more than NT$1.1 billion still at issue.

Kaohsiung will review its green-building incentives after auditors found low subsidy execution, unused certification labels and inconsistent balcony enforcement.

Kaohsiung plans to spend NT$160 million on a new bridge beside Fongshan’s historic Dongfu Bridge, providing a safer route across Fongshan Creek.