Taiwan's fractured opposition makes a last-ditch effort to cobble together a coalition ticket before the Friday deadline to register candidates for the January presidential election. The country's judiciary has confirmed that nearly a thousand civilian documents were hacked earlier this year, but it says personal data was not compromised as the country aims to work with Google to step up cybersecurity. And tensions on the Korean peninsula are rising as North and South Korea trade barbs over Pyongyang's recent military satellite launch and Seoul's partial suspension of a military pact betwen the two countries. Also:
- Locals on Taiwan's tourist hotspot of Liuqiu Island are pushing back against the local government's plan to build a new resort on the tiny islet.
- A water purification plant on Taiwan's southeastern coast has become the first in the country to also generate hydro power.
- TaiwanPlus speaks with the director of "Marry My Dead Body," the country's entry for this year's Oscars and a frontrunner in the upcoming Golden Horse Awards.