Adult Pingtung residents can register for green iguana removal training and earn vouchers worth NT$50 or NT$300 for qualifying captures.

A Pingtung-led exchange sent 15 young Taiwanese to Okinawa to study how communities turn oral history, field research and photography into local publications.

Runners now have until Oct. 9 to enter the Pingtung Kenting Japan Airlines International Marathon, which offers four distances and nearly 150 prizes.

The first 880 meters of the NT$98.4 billion Kaohsiung-Pingtung Second Expressway will break ground in Jiuru on Sept. 28, beginning work on a route expected to reach Zuoying in 2033.

Pingtung County has opened anonymous e-cigarette collection points as Taiwan considers fines of NT$30,000 to NT$100,000 for possession. The amendment has not yet passed, and no enforcement date has been announced.

Kaohsiung, Tainan and Pingtung all lean DPP, but their 2026 local races will be shaped by different candidates, issues and local political networks.

Pingtung County is working with conservationists and local volunteers to curb invasive frog populations that officials say threaten native species and compete for food and habitat.

Southern Taiwan entered a fifth day of recurring heavy rain Monday, with coastal flooding in Kaohsiung, reduced transport services and continued landslide warnings.

Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung will suspend work and classes on Monday, Aug. 24, as heavy rain continues across southern Taiwan.

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