Browsing: Pingtung County

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

A Pingtung album pairs the unvarnished voices of Hengchun tradition bearers with contemporary arrangements, earning seven nominations at Taiwan’s leading traditional-arts awards.

Pingtung has removed more than 90,000 invasive green iguanas so far this year, with trained civilian hunters accounting for most captures.

His best-known work, Cage Piece, was performed from 1978 to 1979. Hsieh locked himself in a wooden cage for one year, during which he did not speak, read, write, watch television, or listen to the radio. A friend delivered food and helped with basic needs, while the process was photographed and notarized.