Taiwan’s first N700ST high-speed train has arrived through the Port of Kaohsiung, beginning a major expansion that will eventually increase the railway’s peak-hour capacity by about 25%.

Business Traveller has highlighted Kaohsiung’s transformed waterfront, major event venues and growing selection of international hotels, presenting the city as a business destination with its own trajectory.

Kaohsiung has introduced scooter parking areas without individual spaces, saying the design can accommodate different vehicle sizes. Some riders fear the result will be scooters packed too tightly to remove safely.

A half-paved alley in Fongshan shows how dividing one street among several city offices can leave nobody responsible for fixing it as a whole.

Released after serving 10 years, a Kaohsiung woman completed her final care-worker placement the following morning and later received a NT$36,000-a-month job offer.

The Big Media poll points to a question that has followed Lai’s campaign for months: Why has he not built a more comfortable lead in a city where the DPP holds the mayor’s office, all eight district legislative seats and a strong local organization?

Independent musician and rapper KE Ko-hsiao has launched the second season of his podcast, using Taiwanese Hokkien conversations to explore music, theater, baseball, film and underground culture.

A new lakeside sidewalk on Wenqian Road (文前路) in Niaosong District (鳥松) has opened, adding another piece to Kaohsiung’s walking network around Chengcing Lake (澄清湖). The Kaohsiung Public Works Bureau said the new section gives pedestrians a safer route along the lake, where residents previously had to walk beside traffic.

Pingtung has removed more than 90,000 invasive green iguanas so far this year, with trained civilian hunters accounting for most captures.

Kaohsiung has received 29 reports of biting midges across 13 districts this year, prompting the city to step up spraying, source control and a soil restoration trial near Fongshan Creek.