7/10/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. At Least 2 Dead, City Engulfed in Smoke as Russia Pounds Kyiv in Ten-Hour Onslaught
2. Putin, Undeterred by Trump’s Words, Escalates His War Against Ukraine
3. The Drone Factories Fueling Russia’s Unprecedented Assaults on Ukraine
4. Unhappy with Putin, Trump and Congress move closer to Ukraine
5. Pentagon policy chief’s rogue decisions have irked US allies and the Trump administration
6. Xi Adopts the ‘Putin Doctrine,’ at Russia’s Peril
7. Analysts Speculate Xi is Losing Power
8. The little-known Pentagon official who blindsided Trump on Ukraine aid
9. Aligning global military posture with U.S. interests – Defense Priorities
10. The Philippines May Turn Its Back on the U.S. Again
11. France, U.K. Suggest Nuclear Protection Could Extend to European Allies
12. Rubio Visits Asia as Trump Raises Trade-War Tensions
13. Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce
14. Lessons in Finland’s Conscription Model
15. Warning Shots Are a Tactical Risk with Strategic Consequences
16. China wins as Trump’s ‘Tariff Man’ act trashes Japan’s 2025
17. China likely to strengthen backing for Iran as it looks to secure strategic interests
18. The Deep Thinker Rising Through a Shallow Pentagon
19. U.S. Army Expanding Presence in the Philippines as China Threat Looms
20. China’s Mineral Monopoly Demands Renewing the Development Finance Corporation
21. Minerals, Magnets, and Military Capability: China’s Rare Earth Weaponization Should Be a Wake-Up Call

Korean News Content:

1. Is the OPCON Transfer What North Korea Has Been Waiting For?
2. A civilizational vision for resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis
3. Inside North Korea: What I saw before escaping the Regime | #62 Hyunseung Lee
4. Aligning global military posture with U.S. interests – Defense Priorities
5. Slipping through the Cracks in South Korea: The Uncertain Futures for the Children of North Korean Defectors
6. In a Good-Will Gesture, South Korea Returns Stranded Fishermen to the North
7. Rubio Visits Asia as Trump Raises Trade-War Tensions
8. ‘Restrainers’ propose slashing US troop numbers in South Korea, Okinawa
9. China’s influence is now shaping decisions in South Korea’s legislature
10. U.S. interested in S. Korea’s proposal on shipbuilding, semiconductor cooperation: trade minister
11. Boat carrying repatriated N. Koreans safely docks at port in North: official
12. Vice FM Park has brief exchanges with FMs of China, Japan at ASEAN meeting
13. Lee calls for efforts to restore inter-Korean relations
14. China’s embassy in N. Korea holds reception to mark 64th anniv. of key treaty signing
15. N. Korea youth defy state crackdowns with bold fashion, hairstyle trends
16. N. Korean teachers skip mandatory indoctrination sessions, face public criticism