6/8/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.08.2025 at 05:25pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China
2. National Security Analysis: Implications of the Russian FSB Leak on China
3. Israel Is Putting More Women on the Front Line to Help Fix Its Manpower Problem
4. Trump to Send 2,000 National Guard Troops to L.A. After Protests
5. The Quiet Unraveling of the Man Who Almost Killed Trump
6. Layoffs loom at Pentagon-funded think tank after Hegseth slashes weapons-testing office (the Institute for Defense Analyses, or IDA.)
7. Discover the Intriguing History of the Term ‘Special Operator’
8. A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?
9. Book Review | Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century (Second Edition)
10. Iran claims without evidence that it took Israeli nuclear files
11. Chinese ship runs aground off Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea
12. Taiwan coast guard, military drill to better face China’s ‘grey zone’ threat
13. China Power: C-drama fever sweeps Southeast Asia, with shows dominating screens and hearts
14. China Power: Chinese retirees reshape Southeast Asia’s retirement landscape, and perceptions of the superpower too
15. A powerful, opaque al-Qaeda affiliate is rampaging across West Africa
16. NASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump’s feud with Musk
17. American students in China face a barrage of questions about Trump
18. Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health
19. Marthe Cohn, a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany, Dies at 105
20. We Made Top AI Models Compete in a Game of Diplomacy. Here’s Who Won.
Korean News Content:
1. POLL Koreans seek 4-year, 2-term presidency in constitutional reform
2. Lee to hold 2nd meeting of emergency economic task force Monday
3. Prominent ex-DP lawmaker Woo named Lee’s political affairs secretary
4. North Korea ‘wiped off the internet’ for nine hours after mysterious outage
5. Major DPRK conglomerate targets Russian market with wide-ranging trademark bid
6. AMCHAM delegation to visit U.S. for meetings with Trump administration officials, lawmakers
7. Koreans in LA caught in the crossfire as Trump immigration crackdown protests intensify
8. Editorial: S. Korea faces new security threats amid China’s push, U.S. pullback
9. U.S. seeks strategic flexibility against rising China
10. White House low-key after first Lee-Trump call as experts point to China challenges
11. Rushing to visit U.S. is not the answer (For Korea)
12. N. Korea holds special political lectures promoting Russia troop deployment
13. Four N. Koreans sentenced to political prison camps after failed sea defection
14. Opportunities, challenges abound as President Lee makes diplomatic debut at G7 summit
15. Lee Jae-myung to navigate US-China divide at G7 debut
