7/12/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Trump Isn’t Rebuilding the U.S. Military
2. ‘The CIA Book Club’ Review: Typewriter Revolution
3. America’s Brain Drain Could Become the World’s Brain Gain
4. Russia Intensifies Its Drone War
5. NATO scrambles warplanes as Putin launches wave deadly drone strikes
6. Trump vs. U.S. Intelligence Agencies, Round 7
7. When the Threat Is Inside the White House
8. He may have stopped Trump’s would-be assassin. Now he’s telling his story.
9. How to Lose Friends and Alienate Partners
10. How NATO’s Post-WWII Defense Spending Can Inform Asia’s Strategic Shift
11. Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part.
12. Trump’s Tariff War Unsettles The World – Analysis
13. Beijing’s Triangular Play: Weaving Development, Diplomacy, and Multilateralism
14. Japan, after 101 tough days, learns a hard lesson about U.S. alliance
15. Canada, Japan and Australia: Swing States or Pawns for China?
16. Why do young Chinese join the Communist Party? For many, it’s practical.
17. U.S. Special Forces Deepen Presence in Taiwan Amid Rising Regional Tensions
18. The Consulting Crash Is Coming
19. Tim Kennedy, Green Beret and Army Hype Man, Under Investigation for Lying About Combat Valor
20. “You Sunk My Fishing Ship” – A Comparison of the Australian Border Force & US Coast Guard’s Strategies to Combat Illegal, Unreported, & Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
21. Hegseth pulls Donnelly nomination to 7th Fleet after questions about carrier drag shows
22. Understanding Irregular Warfare
23. Both U.S. Army Rangers And Green Berets represent the height of military excellence but have vastly different operational focuses

Korean News Content:

1. Jitters increase about future of South Korea-U.S. alliance
2. As the dust settles in Iran, all eyes turn to North Korea
3. South Korea is the ideal anchor for the first island chain
4. What South Korea Can Learn from the US Defense-Tech Sector
5. Trump gov’t taking ‘prudent,’ ‘strategic’ approach toward N. Korea: U.S. official
6. N. Korea, Russia reaffirm strong ties in foreign ministers’ talks: reports
7. N. Korea, China to resume Pyongyang-Beijing passenger train services after 5-yr hiatus: NHK
8. North Korea supplies 40% of Russia’s ammunition, Ukrainian intel chief tells Bloomberg
9. Opinion | South Korea cut a deal with Trump. It didn’t matter.
10. N. Korean military officials’ wives help choose official drivers
11. US troop cuts in South Korea ‘realistic within four years,’ expert says
12. N. Korean teacher reprimanded over poor student test scores
13. S. Korea, US continue joint efforts to ‘make progress’ toward OPCON transition: Pentagon official
14. At ASEAN meetings, S. Korea reaffirms alignment with US, Japan, pushes for NK dialogue
15. ASEAN, regional partners call for ‘complete denuclearization’ of Korean Peninsula
16. Your next K-pop album might cost 25% more, thanks to Trump’s latest tariffs
17. Shifting U.S. security priorities put Korea-U.S. alliance under strain