Taiwan's military flexes its newest domestically produced infantry vehicle. Four Chinese coast guard vessels are driven out of territorial waters around Kinmen. And US$30 million worth of illicit drugs are seized from smugglers off Taiwan's southern coast. Also:
- Five pro-democracy activists appear in court in Hong Kong to fight for lighter sentences.
- Julian Assange begins his journey to the U.S. territory of Saipan, where he'll make a plea deal with the U.S. justice department.
- Rescuers continue picking through the burnt ruins of a battery factory in South Korea where at least 23 workers died.