Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Monthly archive February, 2017
Taiwan This Week: One flu over the cuckoo's nest

Taiwan This Week: One flu over the cuckoo’s nest

Listen to the broadcast Friday February 24th, 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. In the first half of the show we discuss the latest bird flu news,...Continue reading
Limited Edition Pokemon Up For Grabs

Limited Edition Pokemon Up For Grabs

Get your Pokeballs primed for action, because a limited edition Pokemon will be available in Taiwan over the 228 long weekend. According to the Pokemon official website, February 27th marks the day in 1996 when the Pokemon game was first released in Japan. And to celebrate “Pokemon Day”, any Pikachu encountered “in the wild” in...Continue reading
New TWICE Single Breaks Records

New TWICE Single Breaks Records

South Korean girl band TWICE broke all kinds of records with their newly dropped single “KNOCK KNOCK” yesterday. The retro-style single topped 8 different music charts that track the popularity of songs and albums in South Korea within one day. The “KNOCK KNOCK” MV featuring the nine group members also hit 10,000,000 views within one...Continue reading

Looking South Episode #9 – Malaysia

ICRT’s Eric Gau chat with Representative James Chang of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia about the impact the New Southbound Policy will have on ties with that country.  Continue reading
English in the News--Have Other Fish to Fry 有別的事要忙

English in the News–Have Other Fish to Fry 有別的事要忙

To have other (bigger) fish to fry—to have other more important things to do 有別的要緊事要做 Example: I hope the boss will keep the meeting short. We all have other fish to fry. To have too many fish to fry—有太多事要忙 (Australia Financial Review, 2016/09/01) Hangzhou G20 meeting has too many fish to fry 杭州二十國高峰會心有旁騖 Next week’s...Continue reading
Pop singer Jay Chou's wife expecting second child

Pop singer Jay Chou’s wife expecting second child

Pop star Jay Chou’s wife is expecting a second child – and its going to be a baby boy. Writing on his Facebook this morning, Chou said “On Valentine’s Day, it is time for Mommy’s lover in her previous life to arrive. Have a wonderful Valentine’s.” The post included a picture of a grinning Chou’s...Continue reading
English in the News--On the Rocks 觸礁

English in the News–On the Rocks 觸礁

On the rocks—觸礁 in a state of ruin or bankruptcy Examples: 1) Their marriage is on the rocks. 他們的婚姻觸礁了。 2) Don’t put your money in that bank. It’s on the rocks. 那家銀行情況不佳。   (Los Angeles Daily News, 2017/01/19) With Obamacare on the rocks, LA “mega-clinics” could be in higher demand 隨著歐巴馬的健保計畫觸礁,更多人會需要洛杉磯的大規模免費診療計畫 (Celebrity Laundry, 2012/5/30) Brace...Continue reading
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in New Taipei City

Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in New Taipei City

Billed as one of the “2016 Best Winter Trips” by the National Geographic, the annual Ping-xi Sky Lantern Festival in New Taipei city is slated for this Saturday. Organizers are urging people to take mass transportation vehicles as there will be strict road traffic restrictions. The period of time for releasing the lanterns is from...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: The big bad air pollution talk

Taiwan Talk: The big bad air pollution talk

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! We take you live on the Morning Show with Terry Engel to tackle Taiwan’s air pollution problem with three distinguished guests. They tell us about the many sources of air pollution in Taiwan, how that pollution is affecting our health and...Continue reading
Taipei Schools Subsidized for Adopting Dogs or Cats

Taipei Schools Subsidized for Adopting Dogs or Cats

Taipei’s Department of Education is set to start giving an annual subsidy of $30,000 NT to schools in the city that adopt stray dogs or cats this year. The money would go towards food, shelter, and veterinary care. Taipei city schools reportedly have the lowest animal adoption rate among Taiwan’s six special municipalities. The city’s...Continue reading