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2025-06-20
ISSUE #712
Ongoing
With support from the Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague is collaborating with the Czech Music Crossroads to feature Taiwan as the Focus Country for the first time. 
The Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia, in collaboration with the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), will present the critically-acclaimed play “Apostate (感謝公主)” from June 20 to 22. 
The Preparatory Office of the National Taiwan Museum of Comics, in collaboration with the Kyoto International Manga Museum, will launch the exhibition “A Century of Manga Culture: An Encounter of Taiwan and Japan’s Youth” on May 24 in Kyoto, Japan.
Ministry Updates
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The Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF), the largest literary gathering in South Korea, is scheduled to take place from June 18 to 22, with Taiwan featured as the guest of honor for the first time. 
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The 2025 Creative Expo Taiwan is set to take place in Taipei from Aug. 2 to 11. On June 16, the Ministry of Culture unveiled the expo’s main visual theme, “Water Scapes.”  
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The Ministry of Culture (MOC) held a press conference on June 17 to announce that five Taiwanese performing arts groups will embark on a tour across the U.S. in the second half of this year. 
Cultural Features
Born in China’s Nanjing in 1937 to an artist family, Liang Shiow-chung has shown her talent for art from a young age. Her father was the renowned artist Liang Chung-ming, who was known together with his two brothers Liang Ding-ming and Liang You-ming as the “Three Liangs.” 
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The Kaohsiung Music Center (KMC) was planned, designed and built by the Kaohsiung City Government as part of the "New Ten Major Construction Projects" plan approved by the Executive Yuan in 2009. In doing so, the Kaohsiung City government first held an international architectural design competition. 
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