Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Monthly archive August, 2016
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in August

Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in August

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! This week, we continue our new interview series for Taiwan Talk. Just to recap, Taipei Times Features Writer Han Cheung is exploring Taiwan history with his weekly column Taiwan in Time. Each Sunday, he takes on one event that occurred...Continue reading
Top 5 Highest-earning Taiwan Singers

Top 5 Highest-earning Taiwan Singers

Popstar Jay Chou has maintained his iron-grip on the top spot as the highest-earning singer in Taiwan so far this year. According to the latest tally from the Apple Daily, Chou banked $790 million NT this year, coming ahead of second place Wang Lee-hom, with $630 million NT. Wang is fast making up ground after...Continue reading
South Korean Girl Group "GFriends" to Visit Taiwan

South Korean Girl Group “GFriends” to Visit Taiwan

Up-and-coming girl band “GFriends” is set to visit Taiwan for the first time ever. The six-member group will have a meet-and-greet session with fans at the Taipei International Convention Center on October 1st. The newcomers, Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji, debuted early last year and have been collecting awards ever since, including “Best...Continue reading
Ella Chen Announced as TIQFF Ambassador

Ella Chen Announced as TIQFF Ambassador

Ella Chen of the girl group S.H.E. has been revealed as the ambassador of the 3rd annual Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. At the press conference in Taipei last week, the singer-actress spoke out in support of people of all sexual orientations Chen says love knows no bounds, and everyone has the right to choose. The...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Wu Feng returns to talk travel

Taiwan Talk: Wu Feng returns to talk travel

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! Today on the show we speak with Taiwan based Turkish performer and travel host Wu Feng (aka 吳鳳 … aka Rifat Karlova) about his new travel book, “玩出台灣Way,” which draws on Wu’s extensive travel experiences in Taiwan to highlight...Continue reading
Charlie Puth Addicted to Taiwan Bubble Milk Tea

Charlie Puth Addicted to Taiwan Bubble Milk Tea

Charlie Puth came to share his good voice with fans and was deeply fascinated by Taiwan. The talented young artist Charlie Puth had his first concert in Taiwan on August 16, this past Tuesday. The tickets were sold out in 10 minutes after they were available. In the interview before the concert, he tasted famous...Continue reading
Chou Tzuyu and TWICE Drive Korean Soldiers Crazy

Chou Tzuyu and TWICE Drive Korean Soldiers Crazy

A performance by Chou Tzuyu and her band members made over a hundred Korean soldiers dance, cheer, and shout, and even brought some to tears. The kpop group TWICE was invited by Korean variety show “Real Man” to perform for the military. And soldiers showed their love for the band, singing loudly and dancing to...Continue reading
Upcoming Taiwan Concert Schedule

Upcoming Taiwan Concert Schedule

The Platters Taipei Date:  9 October 2016 Venue: Taipei International Convention Center Tickets Sonny Turner Facebook  Scorpions Taipei Date: 3 October 2016 Venue: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall Image via allevents.in Pentatonix Taipei Date: 20 September 2016 Venue: National Taiwan University Sports Center Tickets Image via Era Ticket  Queen Taipei Date: 19 September 2016 Venue: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall Tickets Image via...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Facing history with a video game

Taiwan Talk: Facing history with a video game

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! We speak to the creator of Detention, a forthcoming video  game from a Taipei based game developer that blends horror, folk culture and history to draw players into the experience of life in White Terror era Taiwan. Guest: Shuen-Ting “Coffee” Yao Learn...Continue reading
Actress Ariel Lin Drunk on Set

Actress Ariel Lin Drunk on Set

Actress Ariel Lin got a taste of “drinking on the job” for a major scene in her upcoming movie, “My Egg Boy”. The star portrays a woman in her 30’s dealing with the end of a relationship and questions of fertility. For a surreal sequence in which her character has a drunken conversation with a...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in July

Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in July

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! This week, we continue our new interview series for Taiwan Talk. Just to recap, Taipei Times Features Writer Han Cheung is exploring Taiwan history with his weekly column Taiwan in Time. Each Sunday, he takes on one event that occurred...Continue reading
English in the News--Rant and Rave 叫囂,大聲抱怨

English in the News–Rant and Rave 叫囂,大聲抱怨

rant and rave (為了某人或某事)叫囂,激昂地講話 : to talk or complain loudly or angrily about someone or               something   Examples: 1) Why don’t you stop ranting and raving for one minute and listen to me? 2) Kelly rants and raves when her children don’t obey her.  Used in the news...Continue reading