8/1/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.01.2025 at 03:23pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Congress Looks to Punish China While Trump Pursues Trade Deal
2. A Nixonian Trump Offer to China?
3. ‘Combat Cocktail’: How America Overmedicates Veterans
4. Labubu, soft power of a stealthy ‘ugly-cute’ sort, takes on America (China)
5. China’s military warns US containerised launcher ‘poses threats to regional security’
6. Judge orders Trump administration to explain why order to restore Voice of America wasn’t followed
7. How a Youth-Led Backlash Pushed Zelensky to His Biggest U-Turn Yet
8. Ukraine’s special ops soldiers are getting into more ‘mischief’ behind Russian lines
9. Top Indian Refiners Stop Buying Russian Oil, in Early Signal Trump’s Diplomatic Push Against Kremlin Is Working
10. The U.S. Army Looks Lost in the Drone Age
11. Ukraine’s special ops soldiers are getting into more ‘mischief’ behind Russian lines
12. The Harder Right by Jen Easterly
13. Army Secretary Orders West Point to Pull Appointment of Former Biden Official
14. After Trump’s Ukraine pivot, Senate panel moves to fund more military aid
15. AI Beyond the OODA Loop: Matrix Operations and the Future of Special Operations
16. The Subaquatic Frontier of Drug Trafficking: Technological Evolution, Asymmetric Warfare, and the Unmanned Paradigm Shift
17. Shadow States and Shattered Frontiers: Strategic Relevance of Bessarabia in Eastern European Geopolitics
18. ‘A nightmare’: The Coast Guard’s harrowing flight to Camp Mystic
19. Palantir gets $10 billion contract from U.S. Army
20. Taiwan’s Democracy Is in Trouble
21. Israel’s Squandered Victory – Gains Against Iran Won’t Translate Into Regional Peace
22. Networked Sensors, Pervasive Surveillance, and AI-Powered Analytics: Urban Warfare in the Age of Smart Cities
23. Sprinters, Marathoners & Skeptics on the Future of AI & Power
24. The Crucial Issue of the 21st Century
25. The Value of Joint Professional Military Education
Korean News Content:
1. Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Call With Republic of Korea Minister of Defense Ahn Gyu-back
2. Seoul signals shift on USFK role as Korea, US seek modernized alliance
3. Seoul, Washington reaffirm commitment to N. Korean denuclearization
4. South Korea’s Exports Accelerate, Fueled by Chip Demand
5. [Exclusive] Xing Haiming: “Crack down on anti-China far-right forces”… Direct warning to the South Korean government.
6. Is the closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex something to apologize for?
7. She saw the power of foreign aid. Now Young Kim is making her case
8. Leaflet liberation: How scraps of paper stirred a North Korean soldier to defect
9. North Korean military officers cross paths with US, ROK peers at party in Moscow
10. North Korea Remains Stable Amid Increased Emphasis on Party Discipline, Some Governance Anomalies, and Daughter’s Growing Prominence
11. North Korea Reiterates Party’s Precedence Over the Military, Conducts Sweeping Changes in KPA Leadership
12. North Korea Continues to Modulate Anti-US Rhetoric and Strengthen Ties With Russia; Indicates Lack of Interest in Improving Ties With South Korea
13. Senior Seoul official notes possibility of USFK role change due to ‘various factors’
14. N. Korea slams U.S., Japan for turning alliance into ‘nuclear’ coalition
15. Cheong Wa Dae closed to public for maintenance ahead of Lee’s return to historic presidential office
16. Unification minister emphasizes Trump’s role in building solid peace on Korean Peninsula
