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English in the News–Get a Kick Out of 覺得好笑，有趣

by Jane Lee on Jun 6, 2019 • No Comments

Get a kick out of: 覺得好笑，有趣 To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement or excitement from something. (If you get a kick out of something, you enjoy it very much.) Examples: Even as an adult, I still get a kick out of building sand castles at the beach. She really...

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Taiwan This Week: April Week 2

by Keith Menconi on Apr 10, 2015 • No Comments

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 Gavin Phipps and Compass Magazine’s Donovan Smith...Continue reading

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Young Art Taipei 2015

by Crystal Quimby on Apr 8, 2015 • No Comments

Art lovers, rejoice! Mark your calendars for one of the biggest art fairs in Taiwan. Young Art Taipei (YAT) is back in its seventh consecutive year. It’s the leading contemporary hotel art fair in Asia, and every year young artists from around the world who are under the age of 45 show off their work....Continue reading

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Traffic Index Puts Taipei Among Most Congested in World

by ICRT on Apr 7, 2015 • No Comments

View image | gettyimages.com A new traffic index has listed the traffic in Taipei among the world’s worst, topping all major cities in China. According to the index released by navigation products provider TomTom, Taiwan ranked 11th in congestion among 146 major cities around the world. The most congested cities in the world were...Continue reading

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Taiwan This Week: April Week 1

by Keith Menconi on Apr 3, 2015 • No Comments

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 Gavin Phipps and our Kaohsiung correspondent Michael Smith . Click HERE to...Continue reading

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Taipei YouBikes to Charge for First Half Hour

by ICRT on Apr 1, 2015 • No Comments

People using Taipei City’s bicycle rental service will be charged a small fee for the first half an hour starting today The automated system will now start docking NT$5 for the first 30 minutes of use The YouBike system has been allowing free rides for the first 30 minutes, after which users are charged every...Continue reading

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Andrea Bocelli to Perform in Taipei Next Month

by ICRT on Mar 30, 2015 • No Comments

View image | gettyimages.com Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will hold a concert in Taipei next month, performing popular opera pieces, Italian songs and pop music. The Taiwan promoter of the event says the opera singer will perform at the Taipei Arena on April 24th, accompanied by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra and Taiwan National Choir. The...Continue reading

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Gau’s Gaming and Geekery: Dominion Review (2015 3/12)

by Eric Gau on Mar 29, 2015 • No Comments

Okay guys, I know I’m squeaking this month’s game review in just before the deadline, but here it is! This month, we’re looking at the game that brought me back into modern gaming, and one of the chief weapons in my arsenal to bring new players into the fold: Dominion! First released in 2008, Dominion...Continue reading

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Taiwan This Week: March Week 4

by Keith Menconi on Mar 27, 2015 • No Comments

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 Gavin Phipps and our correspondent Compass Magazine‘s Donovan Smith....Continue reading

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LINE Friends to Appear in Pingtung Rice Field Festival

by ICRT on Mar 27, 2015 • No Comments

The Pingtung County Government is teaming up with Line to organize what its calling the Color Rice Field Art Festival later this month that will feature the Line Friends character on the field. With Line’s cooperation, figures such as Brown, Moon, James and Cony will be shown in the southern county’s rice fields. Officials say...Continue reading

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Maggots Make It Big in Taiwan

by ICRT on Mar 25, 2015 • No Comments

A Kaohsiung-based company that raises maggots as a source of animal protein has been selected by the Ministry of Education as a distinguished start-up by university graduates and awarded a government subsidy. Green Ark Biotech was established by National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences graduates late last year. And its business is maggots. According to...Continue reading

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Taiwan Whisky Wins Big

by ICRT on Mar 24, 2015 • No Comments

A Taiwan-produced whisky has earned the title of best single malt in the world for 2015 The World Whiskies Awards gave the top prize to Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique made by Taiwan’s King Car distillery in Yilan County. The distillery, which went operational just a decade ago, has been racking up awards in recent...Continue reading

Environment / Local / News

Record Number of Black-faced Spoonbills in Taiwan this Winter

by ICRT on Mar 23, 2015 • No Comments

Officials say a record number of black-faced spoonbills spent the winter in Taiwan this year thanks to the improved wetlands environment. The Forestry Bureau says local bird societies spotted 2,034 of the endangered migratory birds during the 2014/2015 winter, an increase of 375 from last year and the highest ever. The result was published as...Continue reading

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