Kaohsiung officials say the Christmas Festival at Central Park now ranks as southern Taiwan’s largest year-end cultural gathering.

By Eryk Michael Smith / KH City Govt Kaohsiung officials were in Busan, South Korea, last month for the first Global City…

Kaohsiung City will carry out a comprehensive evaluation before deciding whether to introduce water buses on the Love River (愛河), said Mayor Chen. Some have called for a system of “water taxi” boats with flexible start and stop locations.

The exhibition, titled “Sacred Waters: Cultural Beliefs and Folklore in the Gaoping River Basin” (這條河很神！高屏溪流域的信仰故事), opened Monday at the Kaohsiung Museum of History.

Twelve lighting installations are spread throughout Central Park, and will remain on display through January 4, 2026.

On Nov. 28, the Pingtung County Police Bureau [屏東縣警察局] rolled out a holiday traffic playbook for Taiwan’s southern tourist corridor, pairing smart signals and CMS alerts with targeted lane reversals and a night pedestrian zone on Kenting Street [墾丁大街].

Authorities note that only designated zones are open; military activities continue in other sections of the base.

A small gallery next to the main shelter building preserves the wartime history, displaying material about the old camp and its prisoners. Critics argue that the redevelopment erased too much of the physical site. Supporters say the county struck a balance between present-day needs and acknowledgment of the past.

Authorities believe a Tainan-based waste-removal operator hauled garbage to transfer stations in Gangshan (岡山) and Yanchao (燕巢), before sending other vehicles—likely with GPS disabled or switched to non-tracked trucks—to dump it near Moon World.

By Staff KAOHSIUNG — In preparation for TWICE’s two-day stop on their 10th-anniversary world tour, Kaohsiung has illuminated seven of its major…