12/13/2021 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at U.S. democracy summit
2. Here’s why US stopped Taiwan Min’s virtual Summit for Democracy address abruptly
3. Taiwan says confident Chinese invasion would be very hard
4. Anti-ISIS coalition shifts focus to Africa as Iraq combat mission ceases
5. New National Defense Strategy Must Focus on Competing ‘Where It Makes Sense,’ Pentagon Official Says
6. Planned military justice reforms are robust, necessary, congressional leaders insist amid criticism
7. Fallen SEAL Team 8 Commander honored during Army Navy game
8. China’s state-backed cyberattacks are part of a larger plan
9. Congress must do more to stop China’s military-industrial spying on US campuses
10. US think tank’s smears against China-US academic exchanges reveal its pathological mentality
11. Erdogan hopes to salvage relations with the Gulf to save Turkey’s economy
12. How to Ensure China Doesn’t Try to Invade Taiwan
13. Stop Undermining Partners with ‘Gifts’
14. Hong Kong Court Sentences Jimmy Lai to Prison Over Tiananmen Vigil
15. Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assassins Came for It.
16. At least 15 lawmakers who shape US defense policy have investments in military contractors
17. In Competing Versions of Democracy, Biden’s Summit Pales against China’s Multi-billion Dollar Bait
18. U.S., Australia and Japan to Fund Undersea Cable in the Pacific
19. Building on AUKUS to forge a Pax Pacifica
Korean News Content:
1. Moon says S. Korea not considering diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
2. South Korea: End to Korean War agreed to in principle
3. US, North Korea, China agree ‘in principle’ on formal end to Korean War, South’s president says
4. Australia and South Korea ink $680 million defense deal
5. Historic billion-dollar defence contract with South Korea amid rising regional tensions
6. In Australia, Moon upgrades bilateral ties, denies challenges to China
7. North Korea’s Kim at a critical crossroads a decade into his rule
8. Seoul under growing pressure to join Washington-led economic framework
9. North Korea establishes new system to classify inmates in political prisons
10. S. Korea’s intel chief says U.S. vaccine support to N.K. could help revive nuclear talks
11. South Korea Has Long Wanted Nuclear Subs. A New Reactor Could Open a Door.
12. On Otto Warmbier’s birthday, his legacy lives on
13. Donald Trump claimed he played Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ to North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un, video shows
14. North Korean YouTuber Shared What’s Real And What’s Not In “Crash Landing On You”