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LOPIA plans to open Taiwan’s first PREMIO supermarket at Hanshin Department Store in Kaohsiung on Sept. 12, 2026.

The main route at Tianliao Moon World reopened after landslide cleanup, while Guanyin Mountain remained closed because of saturated slopes.

Three people have been detained as prosecutors investigate suspected illegal waste dumping linked to a Tainan explosion that injured 15 people.

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 telecom fault sent a Jiasian landslide warning beyond its intended area as heavy rain closed mountain roads in Kaohsiung.

Ko Chih-en toured pumping stations and flooded neighborhoods as prolonged rainfall strained drainage systems across Kaohsiung.

Starlux Airlines (星宇航空) announced on Aug. 21 that it will expand operations to southern Taiwan by launching direct flights from Kaohsiung to Kobe and Okinawa, Japan.

Investigators traced metal waste involved in explosions that injured 15 people in Tainan to a Kaohsiung-registered company whose owner is reportedly wanted in a separate fraud case.

Kaohsiung’s semiconductor transition is real, but so are questions over the former refinery site’s cleanup, future water supply and the electricity needed to power the city’s new industries.