7/8/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.08.2025 at 12:58pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Ukraine Military Aid
2. Trump Told Zelensky He Wasn’t Responsible for Weapons Holdup
3. If We Don’t Stand With Ukraine, What Do We Stand For?
4. Who’s Running American Defense Policy?
5. The Trump Administration’s Withdrawal from the Fight Against Foreign Interference—Strategic Implications
6. The Element of Surprise: Space and Cyber Warfare in U.S.-China Rivalry
7. China’s dirty secret: Propping up Putin to protect its own tyranny
8. Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
9. U.S.’s Biggest Asian Allies Ready Last-Ditch Trade Appeal to Trump
10. Republic of China Army More Than Quadrupling Acquisitions of American M109 Artillery
11. Inside the Flames – Two Years of Civil War in Sudan
12. U.S. entrepreneurs want to tear up the international aid system’s rulebook
13. Russian minister found dead hours after being fired, authorities say
14. Silencing RFA Uyghur Echoes Past Mistakes
15. China-US Relations: Looking for an Edge
16. The West Can’t Survive the Sanctions It Needs to Deter China
17. How Old-School Tech Is Rewiring Drone Warfare in Ukraine
18. Trump embarrasses the Pentagon with a U-turn on Ukraine
19. The Islamic Republic’s New Lease on Life
20. Warriors Don’t Fear Ideas
21. Why Trump’s 14-nation tariff package puts China on edge and pressures Southeast Asia
22. With push to 3D print drones, Army examines battlefield calculation
23. Iran Carries Out Mass Expulsion of Afghan Refugees
24. Veterans Affairs reverses course on large-scale layoffs
25. Will to Resist: What Dartmouth Teaches Harvard About Protecting American Freedom
26. The Iran Cyber Threat Is Real—And Our Phones Are Making It Worse
27. Golden Dome Could Learn From SDI Politics
28. Building a Warrior Ethos
Korean News Content:
1. “The Price of Peace Is Not Paid in Coupons” (Korea)
2. U.S.’s Biggest Asian Allies Ready Last-Ditch Trade Appeal to Trump
3. South Korea Keeps Its Chin Up as Trump Wields Tariff Threat
4. Japan, South Korea scramble as Trump threatens to raise tariffs
5. South Korea to step up US trade talks before tariffs kick in on Aug 1
6. Strikes on Iran Validate North Korea’s Nuclear Sprint
7. China’s ‘100-year opportunity’ could be Seoul’s 100-year mistake
8. South Korea’s Lee Raises Red Flags Over US Ties
9. President Lee and a late July summit with Donald Trump
10. Diplomacy with North Korea: Necessary, Likely, and Problematic
11. Synthetic Sovereign: How Kim Jong Un Could Rule Forever as a Deepfake
12. Six signs North Korea has embedded agents in your company—and what to do about it
13. Did South Korea’s ex-leader try to goad North into conflict?
14. Protecting Undersea Cables and South Korea’s Role
15. North Korea’s Second Chance? How Trump Could Bring Kim Back to the Negotiating Table
16. Chinese sellers offer North Korea-sourced goods from across the border
17. UNC chief honors troops for laying foundation of S. Korea’s development in 75th anniv. ceremony
18. Abductee family group to suspend leaflet campaigns against N. Korea
19. N. Korea holds Cabinet meeting over economic issues
20. Hanwha Ocean wins U.S. Navy ship maintenance deal
21. New Chinese MP9 device targets N. Korean market with anti-detection featurest
22. North Korean defectors make K-pop debut
23. Convenience store chain CU expands logistics center in Mongolia
24. Opportunistic Aggression in the Past and Lessons for Today: The Korean War
25. Lee vows to foster defense industry as new growth driverAnalysis: Why the Ministry of Unification must lead Korea’s grand strategy
26. Analysis: Why the Ministry of Unification must lead Korea’s grand strategy
