Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Monthly archive May, 2014
War Thunder officially released Air-Land Mixed Battles!

War Thunder officially released Air-Land Mixed Battles!

War Thunder (WT) is the new generation online game. Players can operate famous WWII fighting vehicles that includes airplanes like P-51D Mustang, Spitfire, A6M2 Zero, also tanks like Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I, T-34/85. Yesterday, WT announced mixed battles officially begun on May 30, which means each player from both side can bring a fight plane and a...Continue reading
Watch it! Another Nerdy Guy From ICRT Just Showed Up!

Watch it! Another Nerdy Guy From ICRT Just Showed Up!

S’up, I’m Benjamin! Working as a Chinese copywriter in ICRT. That means every time you hear those annoying Chinese commercials… that’s right! I DID IT! But writing commercials is a fun thing to do, I can brainstorm some crazy plots, and gain some knowledge I’d never get involved to. Overall, it’s a really cool job!...Continue reading
Tsai Ing-wen Leading DPP Again

Tsai Ing-wen Leading DPP Again

Tsai Ing-wen took office Wednesday as DPP chairperson after a two-year break. Speaking during a handover ceremony in Taipei, her predecessor Su Tseng-chang urged party members to support Tsai – saying she is taking on a “difficult  job.” Tsai, who held the DPP chairmanship for two terms from 2008 to 2012, thanked Su for his...Continue reading
Parents of Suspect in Taipei Metro Stabbing Attack Offer Apology

Parents of Suspect in Taipei Metro Stabbing Attack Offer Apology

The parents of the student – Cheng Jie – appeared in public for the first time yesterday to apologize for their son’s killing of four people on the Taipei MRT last week. The move comes amid calls for them to take some responsibility for the incident. Escorted by police, the 21-year old student’s parents wept...Continue reading

HereSay: Episode One (8/14/5)

Listen This is the inaugural addition of HereSay, a new show by ICRT featuring spoken word performances from right here in Taiwan. This edition of the show has been released online as a trial run, so we can get feedback from YOU! So give it a listen, and let us know what you think. You...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Dr. Shaw Liu on Energy in Taiwan (5/27/14)

Taiwan Talk: Dr. Shaw Liu on Energy in Taiwan (5/27/14)

Listen Episode Description With Taiwan’s three operational nuclear plants likely to be decommissioned over the next decade or so and the fourth plant set to be mothballed, Taiwan is now facing the question of how it will secure its energy supply in the coming years. Recently about fifty Academia Sinica academicians pushed the government to...Continue reading
Cat Slips Through Taoyuan Airport Security in Luggage

Cat Slips Through Taoyuan Airport Security in Luggage

Security at Taoyuan International Airport is in the spotlight once again, after an R.O.C. national flew to South Korea’s Incheon International Airport on May 24th with a live cat in his checked-in luggage. The Aviation Police Bureau yesterday admitted they were unaware of the incident until informed by Korean authorities. Police say initial investigations have...Continue reading
Review: X-men: Days of Future Past

Review: X-men: Days of Future Past

Over the weekend. a bunch of us here at ICRT went to go see the latest X-men movie: Days of Future Past! Prepare for my spoiler-free review! In this sequel to the prequel to the trilogy, we are initially introduced to a dystopian future, where mutantkind is all but extinct, and humanity is not much...Continue reading
ICRT Ranks Second for Quality Among College Freshmen

ICRT Ranks Second for Quality Among College Freshmen

International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT) has ranked second in the category of “high-quality radio” by students majoring in communications from six local universities. In a survey on first-year college students’ media consumption habits conducted by Fo Guang University‘s Lan-Yang newspaper, ICRT received 17 percent of the votes for providing “high-quality radio”, second to Hit FM‘s 20.5...Continue reading
6th Annual ICRT Bike Day in Taipei

6th Annual ICRT Bike Day in Taipei

More than 1,000 cyclists showed up on Saturday at Taipei’s Dadaocheng Wharf despite the threat of rain to attend ICRT’s first Bike Day of the year. Enrollment for one of the station’s most popular activities was filled in just a little over a week. ICRT’s General Manager Tim Berge kicked off the 16-kilometer bike ride...Continue reading
Michael Jackson's "Xscape"

Michael Jackson’s “Xscape”

A few months ago, when the world first caught wind of a new Michael Jackson album making it’s way back from the graves, it wasn’t hard to imagine that mixed feelings were involved, especially after a common discontent with the 2010 release of “Michael”, which still leaves a bad taste in the mouths of his...Continue reading
Doctor Who Trailer Teases Peter Capaldi's August Return

Doctor Who Trailer Teases Peter Capaldi’s August Return

Whovians rejoice! The BBC – being the notoriously sassy tease that it is – has treated (if you can call it that) us with a short Doctor Who teaser trailer titled “The New Doctor Lands” and an equally vague series return date (late August). Regrettably, the 15 second teaser adds little to what footage we have of...Continue reading