The Pingtung County Finance and Local Tax Bureau is running an online tax education campaign through Oct. 31, offering prizes to students and residents who complete daily quizzes and donate cloud receipts.

Rescuers found a 13-year-old boy alive near Laiyi Bridge in Pingtung after excavators reduced strong currents that had hampered the search.

An international education research conference will return to the city for the first time in 15 years, bringing scholars from Taiwan and overseas to National Sun Yat-sen University from Oct. 15 to 18.
The TERA Conference 2026 and WERA 2026 Focal Meeting is jointly organized by the Taiwan Education Research Association, the World Education Research Association and NSYSU.

The event also marks the start of the county’s “2026 Pingtung Light Journey” (屏東光旅) nighttime tourism initiative. Street illuminations along Minsheng Road (民生路) and Zhongshan Road (中山路) will operate from 5:30 to 10 p.m. daily, from Oct. 17 through Jan. 3, 2027.

The outdoor production combines a play, songs, acrobatics and a full table meal, with guests taking part in the fictional celebration.Set in 1987, the story follows a village chief in Shengli Star Village (勝利星村) as he prepares for his daughter’s wedding.

A New Year’s Day sunrise run at Jialeshui will offer Pacific coastal scenery, local food, free transportation and optional ecological tours.

The new track replaces a dirt surface built in 1992. Years of wear had left it with holes and uneven sections, while poor drainage caused water to collect after rain, the Pingtung County Government said.

Two irrigation canals built more than a century ago in Pingtung have been recognized together by a Japanese civil engineering society.

Students from five Pingtung schools joined exchange students from four countries in a traditional ceremony commemorating the birth of Confucius.

Taiwan Railway is offering a limited-edition bento featuring two preparations of Pingtung eel through Oct. 5