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Following heavy rain and reports of potholes across Kaohsiung, author Shen Nai-hsun argues that the city must explain how repairs will be funded and completed. However, funds carried forward in government accounts should not automatically be described as unspent money available for immediate use.

Taipei police transferred a 37-year-old man to prosecutors after finding his missing girlfriend’s remains near Pingjing Street on Yangmingshan.

Kaohsiung inspectors ordered Costco’s Dashun warehouse to correct a cross-contamination prevention lapse after an oven-cleaning video raised food-safety concerns.

Taiwan-based lawyer and political analyst Ross Feingold (方恩格) observed to Kaohsiung Times that “The length of time this case has taken to make its way through the litigation process is normal in Taiwan for a case that involves dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries, and that involves a dispute over whether corporates or local/central government agencies also might bear responsibility due to negligence in public works or regulatory oversight of the companies involved. Often, both the criminal and civil side of these matters can take this long.”

Kaohsiung will review its green-building incentives after auditors found low subsidy execution, unused certification labels and inconsistent balcony enforcement.

Visceral fat continued to increase during three nights of recovery sleep in a small experiment involving 12 healthy adults.

Kaohsiung plans to spend NT$160 million on a new bridge beside Fongshan’s historic Dongfu Bridge, providing a safer route across Fongshan Creek.

Siaogang’s new NT$562 million sports center is scheduled to open by the end of October with a heated pool, gym and multipurpose court.

Kaohsiung’s KMT and DPP mayoral candidates want to accelerate separate MRT projects despite a former Cabinet official’s warning about rising costs and weak returns.

Four incumbent councilors face no challengers in Kaohsiung’s District 6, but each must still clear a minimum vote threshold to be elected.