8/23/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.23.2025 at 10:59pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Why Green Berets want to join conventional combat discussion
2. Inside the Lobbying Push That Put Ukraine’s Missing Children on Trump’s Agenda
3. Trump’s Vendetta Campaign Targets John Bolton
4. Hegseth Fires Defense Intelligence Agency Chief After Iran Report
5. N.S.A.’s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge
6. With the Dalai Lama’s Succession Looming, Xi Jinping Visits Tibet
7. Nvidia Readies New China Chip as Washington Debates A.I. Exports
8. RFA wins two National Murrow awards for Myanmar coverage
9. Frustrated, Trump signals pause in his Ukraine peace effort
10. Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine’s Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia
11. Beijing accuses US of holding Chinese students in ‘small, dark rooms’ for over 70 hours
12. Taiwan’s drone surge aims to offset China’s edge
13. NATO virtual meeting for Ukrainian security guarantees backfires
14. Trump, Venezuela and China’s Latin America advance
15. Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?
16. Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Leaders Removed from Command
17. Pentagon terminating JCIDS process as part of larger acquisition reform: Memo
18. The Sword and the Book
19. Army to develop new modular, interoperable EW kit amid Army Transformation Initiative
20. Army’s future autonomous launcher could fill Typhon’s ‘large’ shoes
Korean News Content:
1. Upcoming Trump-Lee Summit: Modernizing the Alliance by First Reaffirming Long-Standing Principles
2. North Korea Honors Its Soldiers Who Fought in Ukraine War
3. The Emerging Wealthy Class ‘Donju’ and Their Rise and Fall in the Kim Jong-un Era
4. Japan’s Ishiba, South Korea’s Lee affirm cooperation before Lee meets Trump
5. 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: North Korea
6. South Korea’s plan to stop North Korea’s nuclear weapons program
7. South Korea’s President Lee risks repeating a costly mistake
8. What to Expect from the US-South Korea Summit
9. Lee-Trump summit likely a major test for future alliance trajectory
10. N. Korea berates S. Korea for firing warning shots at its troops in border area this week
11. Lee says won’t forget sacrifices of ethnic Koreans in Japan
12. S. Korea’s industry minister vows ‘best efforts’ to ensure successful Lee-Trump summit
13. S. Korean, U.S. top diplomats discuss alliance advancement ahead of Lee-Trump summit: State Dept.
14. Lee calls for closer cooperation with Japan amid changes in global trade, security order
