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News Bites

ICRT News Bites gives junior high school students a tasty serving of English with local and international news from around the world! Brought to you by ICRT and the K-12 Education Administration of the Ministry of Education, News Bites stories are written and recorded by the ICRT News Team, and uploaded on weekdays during Taiwan’s school semesters.

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All Episodes

00:08:18

New Phone Rules and Soviet Spacecraft Crash

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2025/06/02

Hello and welcome to another episode of News Bites!In today's news: The government has set new phone rules for schools, and an old spacecraft falls back to Earth. And in today's Tasty Tidbit...the first country to send a satellite into space.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:36

Fulong Beach Sand Sculptures & Pokemon "Fossil" Museum

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2025/06/01

Hi there, welcome back to a brand new episode of News Bites.In today's news, sand sculptures on the beach, and Pokemon fossils at the museum.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:30

Starfish Attack and King Arthur Book

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2025/05/28

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new episode of News Bites!In today's news: Starfish are eating up a coral reef, and a book cover with a story. And in today's Tasty Tidbit...starfish don't have brains.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:47

World Masters Games and Chimps First Aid

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2025/05/28

In today's news: Senior athletes going for the gold, and chimpanzees using forest first aid.And in today's Tasty Tidbit: good laughs and interesting facts from Nantou County Ming-Jian Elementary School's Fiona and Jenny! Click HERE to check out the full episode transcript. If you have a fun fact, interesting news, or a joke you'd like to share with us, record your message and send us your Tasty Tidbit to newsbites@icrt.com.tw, and you might hear it at the end of an episode!

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00:08:43

Taipei 8th Happiest City & Kenya Ant Smugglers

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2025/05/26

Hello and welcome to an exciting new episode of News Bites!Coming up next in today's news: Taipei is the 8th happiest city this year, and two teenagers were stopped from taking lots of ants from Kenya!And in today's Tasty Tidbit, what did the boy buy?Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:50

New National Holidays & Goodbye Giant Eagles

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2025/05/25

Hi there. Thanks for tuning-in to an all-new episode of News Bites.In today's episode: Taiwan is getting four new national holidays, and say farewell to the giant eagles at Wellington Airport.And for today's Tasty Tidbit: The largest sculpture in the world.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:28

Seagrass Restoration & Snake Anti-Venom

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2025/05/22

Hello and welcome back to an all-new episode of news bites!In today's news: Taiwanese companies turn to seagrass restoration for environmental health, and after 200 snakebites, one man's blood may hold the key to a universal antivenom.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:41

Bubble Tea Record & Tea Seller Changes Village

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2025/05/21

Hello and welcome to an exciting new episode of News Bites!Coming up next in today's news: A couple tries to set a bubble tea world record and a tea seller brought chess and change to a village.And in today’s Tasty Tidbit, how big was the biggest cup of bubble tea?Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:32

Temple Procession Noise Restrictions & Australia...

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2025/05/20

Hey, you guys. Time for another episode of News Bites.In today's news: Taoyuan is enforcing noise restrictions, and locals rescue a great white shark in Australia!Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:24

Taiwan Wild Side & Zimbabwe Challenges Ambassadors

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2025/05/19

Hi there, welcome back to a brand new episode of News Bites.In today's news, finding Taiwan's wild side, and cooking Zimbabwe's favorite dish.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:23

Kaohsiung Health & Sleep Class

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2025/05/18

Hello and welcome back to another new episode of News Bites!In today's news: Kaohsiung ranks first in the world for health care ... and, class is in session! Let's learn how to sleep.And in today's tasty tidbit: A rare albino dolphin was seen in Yilan!Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:23

Scooter Ownership & Mount Fuji Rescue

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2025/05/15

Hello and welcome to an exciting new episode of News Bites!Coming up next in today's news: Taiwan's scooter ownership is at a record high and a man was rescued from Mt. Fuji... how many times in one week? And today, Ray from Da-Keng Elementary School in Taoyuan City has his say!Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:57

Taiwanese Love Japan & China Limits Hollywood

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2025/05/14

Hi everyone, welcome back to another new episode of News Bites.Coming up in today's news: Japan is Taiwanese people's favorite foreign country, and China will limit the amount of US movies shown in the country.And in this episode's tasty tidbit: Giant squid caught on camera for the first time.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:18

Blue Tears & Welsh Puppies

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2025/05/13

Hey you guys. Welcome back to another episode of News Bites.In today's news: First Blue Tears in Matsu, and Welsh Puppies are stopping poachers in Africa!And in today's Tasty Tidbit: The two smartest dog breeds.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:48

Taiwanese Denisovan and Space Brolly

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2025/05/12

Hello and welcome back to a brand new episode of News Bites.In today's news: Discovering ancient humans in Taiwan, and a giant space umbrella to measure all the trees. And in today's Tasty Tidbit...did you know trees can talk to each other?Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:03

Student Photographer and Gladiator Lions

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2025/05/11

In today's news, a students' look through the lens, and a bite tells a story.Click HERE to see the full episode transcript!If you have a fun fact, a joke or an interesting news story you'd like to share with us, record your message and send us your Tasty Tidbit to newsbites@icrt.com.tw, and you might hear it at the end of an episode.

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00:08:55

South Korean Flights and Australian Koalas

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2025/05/08

In today's news: East Taiwan will resume flights to South Korea, and authorities snipe hundreds of Koalas from controversial "aerial cull" in Australia.Click HERE to check out the full episode transcript! If you have a joke or fun fact that you'd like to share with us, record your message and send it to newsbites@icrt.com.tw, and you might hear it at the end of an episode!

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00:08:40

Taiwan Climate Change and K-Pop Experience

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2025/05/07

Can you think of any animals that might be dangerous? Bears and lions can be dangerous. There are many more. Did you guess birds? Well, one kind of bird is dangerous and scary! It looks like a dinosaur!有些動物相當危險，讓人害怕。你能想到哪些動物呢? 比如說熊跟獅子，但是鳥類呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:30

Giant Fruit & "2025 Invertebrate of the Year"

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2025/05/06

Hello and welcome to an exciting new episode of News Bites!Coming up next in today's news: A new farmer grows a giant fruit and which amazing animal is the 2025 Invertebrate of the Year?And in today's Tasty Tidbit ... a magic club says sorry for something it did 30 years ago.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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00:08:19

Tech World & Thorium Nuclear Reactor

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2025/05/05

Hi there. It's time for an all-new episode of News Bites.In today's episode': Tech World', and the world's first thorium nuclear reactor.And for today's Tasty Tidbit: The world's first nuclear power plant.Click HERE for the full transcript!

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