Blummenfelt and Iden blessed at Shunze Temple before Ironman

2026-10-30

Norway’s star triathlon duo, Gustav Iden and Kristian Blummenfelt have returned to Taiwan for the first time in four years. On Friday morning, the two visited Shunze Temple in Changhua County’s Puyan Township. The Temple prepared 500 memorial caps to honor the “10-time Consecutive Champions,” to give to the fans that crowded the streets.

The roads in front of Shunze Temple are packed with fans; they arrived to welcome two incredible athletes. In 2019, Norwegian Ironman, Gustav Iden wore a cap from the Shunze Temple in Changhua’s Puyan Township and went on to win a world championship- sparking a craze for the “champion cap.” After 4 years, Iden and his senior, Kristian Blummenfelt, have returned to the temple for the third time.

Gustav Iden
Ironman Athlete
It’s been seven years since I started wearing the hat, and it’s been amazing that the temple and the people of Taiwan and my sponsor, Giant, from Taiwan has continued to support me and help me through difficult times. So once again, I just want to say thank you.

The temple prepared special local snacks and used radish from Puyan Township to make white radish cake for Iden and Blummenfelt.

Voice of Shunze Temple Staff
Explains radish cake texture
It was fried to perfection! Crispy! Is it yummy?

The temple also gifted both athletes a US$10,000 bonus and wished them good health. They especially prepared 500, “10-time Consecutive Champion,” hats which attracted many online followers to come and collect. Many quickly lined up for the memorial hats.

- Pass it over the censer for blessings
- Thank you, thank you!
- Happy to have it?
- Its great!

After locals received the memorial hat, they all passed it over the incense burner so that it was blessed by the deity and then crowded both athletes for an autograph. The situation grew uncomfortable quickly causing the two to take a break.

- Everyone please line up for autographs

The two Ironman athletes will head further south to Kenting to compete in the International Triathlon starting on Nov 1. The popularity around championship commemorative caps has created more enthusiasm for sports like triathlons.

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#ironman #kenting #gustaviden #blummenfelt #internationaltriathlon

"挪威鐵人雙雄"3度訪順澤宮 500頂"十連霸冠軍帽"超搶手

2026-10-30

挪威鐵人三項雙雄，伊登與布魯門費爾特，睽違4年再訪台灣，今天(30日)上午9點到順澤宮參拜還願，廟方推出500頂限量"10連霸冠軍"紀念帽，吸引粉絲登記排隊搶領。

埔鹽順澤宮廟埕前道路兩旁，被粉絲擠得水洩不通，搶拍雙雄風采，2019年挪威鐵人伊登，戴著彰化順澤宮的宮帽，一舉奪下世界冠軍，引起"冠軍帽"風潮。這次伊登和他的師兄布魯門費爾特，睽違4年第3度到埔鹽順澤宮。

[[挪威鐵人伊登]]
“從我第一次戴上這頂帽子算起，到現在已經七年了，令人感動的是，台灣的寺廟與台灣民眾，以及我的贊助商，來自台灣的捷安特，一直都在支持我，並幫助我度過那些艱難的時刻，我想再次向大家表達我的感謝”

廟方現場準備在地特色小吃，用埔鹽鄉種出的白蘿蔔做出的蘿蔔糕，與伊登及布魯門方享。

[[聲源:順澤宮人員]]
“(菜頭粿)煎到"恰恰恰"，香不香”

廟方致贈挪威鐵人雙雄1萬美元的營養金，也給粉絲送好康，特別製作500頂限量"10連霸冠軍"紀念帽，吸引粉絲網路登記領取。更有不少鄉親一大早就來排隊領紀念帽。

- 過爐一下，繞三圈
- 好，感謝感謝
- 拿到高興嗎
- 很讚

民眾領取紀念帽後，都先到香爐過火讓神明加持，接著還要給挪威雙雄簽名加強，大家團團圍著伊登，太熱情！伊登一度感到不適，趕緊休息補水。

- 各位各位，要簽名的請排隊

挪威鐵人雙雄接著將南下前往墾丁參加11月1日登場的鐵人三項賽，冠軍紀念帽話題再度引起風潮，也讓鐵人三項等運動熱潮持續延燒。

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Efforts to bring back Formosan landlocked salmon succeeding

2026-10-30

Comedian uses scary CCP experience in new standup

Comedian Huang Yi-hao ruffled feathers across the strait due to his comedic bits about Chinese leader Xi Jinping. That made him a target of a transnational repression campaign. An Chinese national identified as “K” had agreed to pay five defendants to “break the arms and legs” of Huang. After an investigation, the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office recently indicted the five suspects. On Thursday, during a standup routine, Huang detailed his horrifying experience of “cross-border repression.”

- I was just doing a comedy bit, scolding Xi Jinping a little; somehow I went from being a standup comedian to a fighter for democracy. I want to especially thank Uncle Xi for his support.

Comedian, Huang Yi-hao, made humorous jokes about Chinese leader Xi Jinping and experienced what some suspect to be transnational repression, even becoming involved in a staged traffic accident. In a recent standup routine, he openly recounts his absurd experience.

Huang Yi-hao
Comedian
He asked me, doesn’t your foot hurt a lot? Do you want to get on my car and rest? I said, it’s okay, it’s okay. It’s good that I didn’t get on that car otherwise today would have been my memorial service.

After the accident, the driver checked on Huang every day. Despite causing the accident the driver seemed more needy than a romantic partner, making Huang feel something wasn’t right.

Huang Yi-hao
Comedian
When my ex got into traffic accidents, I just told her to drink hot water. Later he said because my injury wasn’t too serious, I wouldn’t get the NT$200,000 in compensation. Why did they want to see my injury report? Because my injury report was his payment request form.

It turns out they weren’t being kind, and had other plans. At first, Huang thought it was an ordinary traffic accident, and both sides agreed to a settlement. The medical bill and vehicle damage came up to more than NT$200,000. Later the police felt something was off about the whole situation, and they later found that the suspect had been keeping watch on Huang for 3 days.

Huang Yi-hao
Comedian
Let me ask you, if they break a comedian’s arms and legs, isn’t that more material for the stage? If you really want to bruise a comedian, what you do is book the entire venue with your people and tell them to do one thing. What thing, you ask? Tell them to not laugh.

Line by line, he turned his thrilling experience into dark humor. It seemed that the CCP wanted to use this car accident to shut the comedian up, and inadvertently gave him more comedic material to work with.

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#huangyiyao #comedian #ccp #黃逸豪 #transnationalrepression #freespeech #jokes

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CIP joins with Shimajiro to produce Indigenous-language cartoons

To promote the preservation of native languages, the Council of Indigenous Peoples has partnered with the popular children’s cartoon Shimajiro to dub episodes from the series into Indigenous languages. At the premiere, Shimajiro and Mimirin were there to lead the crowd in a dance. The CIP minister and director of the Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation also attended to show their support.

The beloved Japanese cartoon character Shimajiro and his friend, Mimirin, lead a group of children in a dance, bringing the energy to a fever pitch. This is the premiere of the Shimajiro Indigenous language series.

Sayta Temu
Indigenous language promoter
Since kids these days are glued to their screens, we’re worried about what to do. How can we draw their attention? Is there nothing in our own languages?

The age before kids start school is the golden window for learning a language. To help native languages take root at a young age, the Council of Indigenous Peoples is exploring numerous avenues. This time, they worked with a beloved cartoon character to encourage kids to speak Indigenous languages along with Shimajiro.

Eteng Ingay
Indigenous Languages R&D Foundation director
We’ve done four languages so far, with 12 remaining. In November, we’ll be working on four of them, including Truku and Kavalan. Our preparations are done. We’ll collaborate with language talent, a voiceover association, and Shimajiro’s parent company, but they’ll make the final decision on which voice best suits the character.

The council secured official authorization from Shimajiro’s parent company in Japan to translate and dub the animations in Taiwan’s 16 officially recognized Indigenous languages. Dubs have already been made in Amis, Paiwan, Atayal, and Bunun. Officials hope that the remaining voiceovers will go smoothly, allowing Taiwan’s native languages to be passed on for generations to come.

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#Indigenous #nativelanguage #CIP #Shimajiro #cartoon #languagepreservation

2026-10-30

Driver charged NT$120 after parking for nine minutes

Parking in the city is expensive, but one driver was charged NT$120 after parking for just nine minutes at Gangshan Station in Kaohsiung. The Transportation Bureau said the driver was charged for two hours because she entered before 8am and left after 8am, when the rates change. But parking lots are legally required to charge in half-hour increments, so the operator may be fined.

A driver was leaving the Gangshan Station parking lot after parking there for nine minutes, but was shocked at the price.

Ms. Huang黃 was charged NT$120 after being in the lot for less than 10 minutes. She thought there must be a mistake, but had to pay the fee to leave the lot.

Ms. Huang
Driver
I parked in the lot next door, which is operated under contract with the Public Works Bureau. I was shocked when I went to pay, I was charged NT$120 after parking for nine minutes.

The lot posted special rates for the Retrocession Day long weekend, charging NT$60 per hour, with a maximum fee of NT$250 from 8am to 10pm, and only NT$100 from 10pm to 8am. Ms. Huang entered the lot at 7:56am and left at 8:06am, but was charged for two hours of parking because she entered before 8am and left after 8am, when the rates changed.

Ms. Huang
Driver
I’m not sure how they calculate the parking fees, whether they charge by the hour or a flat rate. I hope they can make the pricing rules clearer.

Voice of Wang Chih-kang
Kaohsiung Transportation Bureau chief secretary
The operator switched between daytime and nighttime rates at 8am and charged NT$60 per hour, so a driver who parked across the two time periods was charged twice, for a total of NT$120.

The Transportation Bureau said it would look into the incident and may fine the operator, as parking lots are legally required to charge in half-hour increments.

Member of public
Driver
It’s unreasonable, really unreasonable. It’s just a single case, right?

Member of public
Driver
Before it was only NT$30, so I don’t know why it went up to NT$80 today.

Charging NT$120 for parking for just nine minutes is excessive, but the driver isn’t sure she will get a refund. The parking rate also doubled from NT$30 to NT$60 per hour over the long weekend, prompting criticism for the steep increase.

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2026-10-30

Food delivered by rope along Shezidao riverside

Angling for a snack? There’s a food stall on Taipei’s Shezidao that will deliver fresh food right into your hands. But because the stairs down from the embankment are far away, the owner came up with an ingenious method so cyclists and pedestrians don’t have to walk all the way around. The shop is now enjoying a viral moment thanks to their unique delivery method.

A customer holds tight to the rope and pulls once, twice... It might look like he’s fishing, but he’s really just angling for a snack! This video is one of many shared on social media of this unique experience on Shezidao. Our reporter went to see how it works.

- I’ll have two scallion pancakes and a pig’s blood cake!

Ms. Yang
Shop owner
People get hungry after biking around the peninsula, so our shop is like a pit stop for them. There’s a staircase over there, but if they don’t feel like walking down, they can just shout their order.

The owner of this eatery uses a rope system to deliver freshly made food up onto the embankment, like a manual dumbwaiter. Since the stairs are a distance away, customers would have to take a long detour if they wanted to come down for a snack. So the owner came up with this ingeniously simple solution. But that’s not all...

The scallion pancake is pan-fried until golden brown and crispy, served with a variety of traditional snacks like tea eggs and pig’s blood cake—all handmade. The owner says she’s been in business for 17 years, starting with a stall at the tip of the peninsula.

Ms. Yang
Shop owner
I’m 67 years old now. I’ve been doing this for 17 years. My husband and I are both getting old. This is how we pass our time.

- They used to be at the tip of the peninsula, but you can’t sell there anymore, so they moved back to their home. I’ve bought from them when passing by before.

- On the weekends, Saturday and Sundays. It’s that rope there. If you pull on it, you’ll see.

No delivery apps required—one rope is all it takes to reel in a delicious snack. Besides satisfying hungry stomachs, this humble eatery also provides their customers with a unique experience.

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#Shezidao #streetfood #unique #scallionpancake #fooddelivery

2026-10-30

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Legendary TV host speaks up about standing up to LGBT+ oppression

Veteran TV host Kevin Tsai is speaking out after his recent appearances at political events for both major parties in Taipei captured headlines. In a candid interview, Tsai opened up about why he chose to step into the political arena, the personal price he has paid, and why he believes standing up for the LGBTQ+ community is worth the fight. His heartfelt remarks have struck a chord with viewers, drawing more than a million views in less than 24 hours.

Legendary TV host Kevin Tsai recently captured headlines, after attending political events for both KMT and DPP mayoral candidates in Taipei. On Thursday evening, he spoke about his thoughts on a radio show hosted by Wang Wei-chung.

Tsai said that he was very glad to have stepped out of the box, jokingly remarking that if he had not done it, he would’ve just withered away with a tranquil life. On the matter of elections, he said that simply voting for the life you want is a win. He warned against seeking the easy way out to avoid conflict and settling for a life of comfort in wealth, resting on one’s laurels. Wang suggested that Tsai had not always escaped from conflict unscathed. Tsai agreed, saying he had suffered tremendous losses, but remarked: “If you can weather the storm but don’t put yourself through it, isn’t that a waste?” He said that latching on to fame was useless, if it is not used to kindle a fire that emits warmth and light.

Kevin Tsai (Nov. 29, 2001)
TV Host
There are people out there who can’t be as free as I am, due to different circumstances. If I can freely and openly offer these people encouragement or comfort, it is truly a big honor for me.

Kevin Tsai was one of the first high-profile Taiwanese entertainers to come out as gay. It was partly the reason why he decided to become more involved in politics.

Wang said he had heard that Tsai got into politics because he was furious after Taipei police raided several gay bars in Ximen earlier this month. Tsai confirmed that was indeed the case, saying, “What else could I do?” adding that “If we stop caring, we’ll just be letting teens aged 17 and 18 keep getting oppressed to death.” As a publicly out figure under the spotlight, he said he felt the need to resist. If he doesn’t stand his ground, he says, how are kids supposed to tell their parents that being gay is OK?

On Friday, Taipei Mayoral Candidate Puma Shen says he was deeply touched by Tsai’s words.

Puma Shen
Taipei Mayoral Candidate (DPP)
The raids that the Taipei City Government conducted earlier this month caused much outrage among the gay community. Though we look like leaders of the first country in Asia to pass a law to legalize same-sex marriage, there is room for improvement in many areas when it comes to LGBT+ issues. What Kevin Tsai said yesterday was extremely moving. I think the government should take these issues very seriously and tactfully, to create an inclusive environment. This is a responsibility the government must shoulder and it is something I will continue working towards in the future.

Kevin Tsai’s interview racked up more than 1 million views in less than 24 hours. Among the people responding to it was the Taipei 101 Chairwoman Janet Chia. She took to social media, saying that she adored Kevin Tsai, saying that his words had let her see the power of intellectuals and the depth of a truly cultivated soul. Other commenters said the interview had made them emotional and brought them to tears. Others praised Tsai’s calm demeanor and unwavering courage. Others said Tsai’s words showed he was a person with a heart of gold and a spine of steel.

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#蔡康永 #lgbt #pridemonth #taipei #taipeipride

2026-10-30