Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Monthly archive July, 2016
Taiwan This Week: Good to be thorough

Taiwan This Week: Good to be thorough

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 29th during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 15 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. On this show we discuss the Legislative Yuan’s marathon review session called to...Continue reading
Channels Showing the Rio Olympics

Channels Showing the Rio Olympics

With the Rio Olympics around the corner, Chunghwa Telecom is ready to offer live broadcast services of the Games on Movies-on-Demand, or MOD, and Chunghwa Video. Chunghwa Telecom says starting from the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which is scheduled in the early morning of August 6th Taipei time, Elta TV on MOD will...Continue reading
Bargains at the 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition

Bargains at the 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition

With the number of Chinese visitors plummeting, many hotels and restaurants are offering big discounts at the 2016 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition, which runs from August 5th to 8th in Taipei. Organizers say while the trade show aims to display the art of Chinese cuisine, they are hoping to generate business opportunities for hoteliers as well....Continue reading
Ruby Lin Wallace Huo Wedding Photos Revealed

Ruby Lin Wallace Huo Wedding Photos Revealed

Fans are getting their first look at celebrity couple Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo’s wedding photos, as details of their upcoming union continue to emerge. Photos from the shoot in Paris have been making the rounds on the internet, and feature Lin surrounded by flowers against lavish and romantic backdrops.   The stars are set...Continue reading
Chou Tzuyu and TWICE Awarded at 2016 Korea's Brand of the Year

Chou Tzuyu and TWICE Awarded at 2016 Korea’s Brand of the Year

Taiwanese k-pop star Chou Tzuyu and her TWICE bandmates received an award at the 2016 Korea’s Brand of the Year ceremony yesterday. The annual event organized by the Korean Consumer Forum asks 100 Korean consumer representatives in their 20’s and 30’s to select 10 winners from a total of 88 brands. TWICE accepted their award...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: "Those crazy Taiwanese animators"

Taiwan Talk: “Those crazy Taiwanese animators”

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! On this week’s show, we speak with Michael Logan, the Content Director for International News at Next Animation Studio. For more than half a decade, his studio has been cranking out animated renderings of the news. Some of these animations offer a straight, by the numbers...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: I got a rock ...

Taiwan This Week: I got a rock …

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 15th during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 15 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. ICRT News and commentators look beneath the surface of the South China Sea...Continue reading
Pokemon Go Not Coming to Taiwan?

Pokemon Go Not Coming to Taiwan?

Pokefever is sweeping the mobile gaming industry, but will Taiwan be left out in the cold? Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game for smartphones featuring cutesy digital monsters like Pikachu and Squirtle, has players using the camera function to find virtual creatures in real world locations.The game has topped download charts in the US, Australia,...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: "Arnie" takes on Filipino experience in Taiwan

Taiwan Talk: “Arnie” takes on Filipino experience in Taiwan

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! On this week’s show we speak with Rina Tsou, a young Taiwanese filmmaker of Filipino descent. Her short film Arnie portraying the life of a Filipino fisherman serving aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat  was recently screened in the International Critics Week section at...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Typhoon daze

Taiwan This Week: Typhoon daze

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 8th during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 15 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. We cover the week’s top stories, including the Navy’s deadly missile launch accident, the...Continue reading
Wedding Bells for Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo

Wedding Bells for Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo

Wedding bells are ringing for actress-producer Ruby Lin and her longtime friend and fellow actor Wallace Huo. News of the impending nuptials exploded yesterday when Huo confirmed through his management that the two newly-revealed lovebirds were indeed set to be married. Lin quickly followed that announcement with one of her own, confirming the news and...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in June

Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in June

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! We’re beginning a new interview series for the show! Here’s the plan: As we’ve discussed before on the program, Taipei Times Features Writer Han Cheung is exploring Taiwan history with his weekly column Taiwan in Time. Each Sunday, he...Continue reading