7/28/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.28.2025 at 02:00pm
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National Security News Content:
1. New Missile for Truck-Based Himars Launchers Has China in Its Sights
2. Trump is off to a good start with an AI action plan
3. Taiwan: Defense and Military Issues (CRS Report)
4. Six months later, US soft power feels effects of USAID cuts
5. Russia depletes Soviet arms, heavily relies on foreign supplies for Ukraine war, analysis suggests
6. Special Operations News – July 28, 2025
7. These wargames explored drone attacks on US military bases
8. Work on annual defense authorization bill will wait until September
9. Starlink outage impacted Starshield, its defense communications service
10. China faces off against US for domination of the DR Congo’s critical minerals industry
11. Trump covets rare earth riches, but Greenland plans to mine its own business
12. China’s yuan reshaping global order – but US-backed stablecoins seen as a threat
13. ‘The Bomb Lady’ shows how immigrants power national defense
14. The Intifada That Hasn’t Arrived: Why Have Israel’s Recent Wars Led to Little Terrorism and No Mass Uprising?
15. Amazon Warns Accounts Are Under Attack—You Must Act Now
16. Liberalism Doomed the Liberal International Order – A Less Legalistic System Would Help Protect Democracies
17. In the Pacific, Army leaders expect today’s fiction to be near-term reality
18. ‘Mom, It’s My Duty’ – American Killed Fighting in Ukraine Honored in Congress
19. Taiwan and South Korea: Bridging the Cybersecurity Gap
20. The Other Fentanyl Threat Requires Readiness
21. ‘Putin Is Mocking You’: The 4 Words That Sparked Trump’s Dramatic U-Turn on Ukraine
22. Ukraine Just Bombed Russia’s Top Electronic Warfare Factory
23. Mine Warfare and the Second Chimurenga in Zimbabwe
Korean News Content:
1. North Korea Rejects New South Korean Leader’s Peace Overtures
2. North Korea will ‘never’ reconcile with South, calls Lee’s overtures futile
3. Bridging the Ambiguity-Explicitness Gap in the U.S.-South Korean Alliance
4. Lee stresses importance of restoring trust with N. Korea after Pyongyang snubs dialogue overture
5. Unification minister says to propose adjusting joint military drills with U.S. to President Lee
6. USFK says decisions regarding joint drills will be made via ‘established consultation’
7. Samsung Signs $16.5 Billion Chip-Supply Contract With Tesla
8. US offers $15 million reward for info on North Korean nationals involved in global criminal network
9. Taiwan and South Korea: Bridging the Cybersecurity Gap
10. FM Cho to visit Japan, U.S. this week for talks with counterparts: Seoul
11. S. Korea says U.S. pressing Seoul’s expanded market opening to farm, livestock products
12. Seoul confirms defense, arms deals part of US trade talks
13. S. Korean industry minister heads to Europe as U.S. tariff deadline nears: sources
14. New memorial project brings Britain’s bloodiest Korean War battle to life
15. Film unveils North Korean troops’ involvement in Kursk
16. Finance minister to hold talks with U.S. treasury secretary Thursday
17. Korea pitches multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan to US: reports
