Taiwan This Week: May Week 1
Taiwan This Week is ICRT’s weekly roundup of the top news stories from around the island. Tune in every Friday at 8:30pm as ICRT news is joined by expert commentators to break down the week’s biggest stories in Taiwan. This week host Keith Menconi sits down with Economist correspondent Jane Rickards, and senior advisor for...Continue reading
Kaohsiung American School Introduces New Campus
The Kaohsiung American School cut the ribbon inaugurating their brand-new campus this afternoon, the culmination of a vision that stretches back to 1989 when the first incarnation of KAS operated out of a few apartments near the city’s Cheng Gong Hospital. Today, the school has a staff of nearly 100 and will soon be filled...Continue reading
Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Sets Roll Cake World Record
Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel says that Taipei has beaten the world record for the longest roll cake. The Guiness Book of World Records has officially measured the 269-meter-long taro and pineapple roll cake The hotel’s pastry team and 35 students from Kai Ping Culinary School reportedly deliberated for more than a year on how...Continue reading
SpringWave Sunset to Kick Off in Taipei
Taiwan’s first all-day electronic music festival is set to kick off in Taipei this coming weekend, with major DJs from Taiwan and around the world set to spin. Artists scheduled to perform include American electro house musician Steve Aoki, hardstyle and Melbourne bounce group VINAI, and English trance and progressive DJ Andy Moor. From Taiwan,...Continue reading
Nine-day CNY Holiday for 2016
Looking ahead way, way ahead on the calendar….. People can start planning for a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday next year, according to the calendar approved by the Executive Yuan on Monday. The traditional holiday, which was six days this year, will last nine days from Feb. 6th to 14th in the year 2016. The...Continue reading
Takeshi Kaneshiro is Top Dream Trip Partner for Taiwan Mothers: Survey
A survey of Taiwan mothers indicates that Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer Takeshi Kaneshiro would be the top dream partner to share a free trip with on Mother’s Day. The survey conducted by online hotel booking service Hotels.com places Hong Kong actor and singer Andy Lau as second, while Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je was a surprise...Continue reading
Taipei 101 Run Up Attracts Over 4,500 Participants
More than 4,500 runners from 38 countries took part in the annual Taipei 101 Run Up Sunday, with Poland’s Piotr Lobodzinsky and Australian Suzy Walsham winning in the men’s and women’s elite group categories. Lobodzinsky and Walsham won with time of 11:8 and 13:16, respectively. They were each awarded NT$38,000 in prize money. Among the...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: April Week 5
Welcome to Taiwan This Week, a roundup of the top news stories from around the island over the past seven days. Listen in every Friday at 8:30pm for the must-know news that is happening in Taiwan now, with our host ICRT’s Keith Menconi, as he sits down with Economist correspondent Jane Rickards, and Compass Magazine’s...Continue reading
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