Six passengers climbed out of a stalled elevator by ladder after waiting nearly 90 minutes for rescue at Kaohsiung Main Station.

More than 150 coffee, dessert, agricultural and craft vendors will gather at Aozihdi Forest Park for Kaohsiung’s two-day iced-coffee festival.

Kaohsiung expects more shared tax revenue in 2027 but says a larger loss of central project grants will leave its overall budget NT$4.9 billion smaller. The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) disputes that explanation, arguing that the law increased Kaohsiung’s share of national tax revenue and that the reduction in project grants was a separate decision by the central government.

Chiayi police offered a Hong Kong family tea and arranged transportation after communication problems left the mother distressed beside a road near the HSR station.

A century-old portable shrine used to carry a deity during religious processions is on public display for the first time at a Donggang cultural exhibition

Kaohsiung’s final water-themed event of the summer will bring giant sea-creature installations, children’s activities, performances and a food market to Singguang Waterfront Park this weekend.

A Pingtung album pairs the unvarnished voices of Hengchun tradition bearers with contemporary arrangements, earning seven nominations at Taiwan’s leading traditional-arts awards.

Chen Chi-mai’s new book recounts six years of Kaohsiung projects, political negotiations and late-night calls that former president Tsai Ing-wen jokingly described as “torture.”

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.