8/29/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.29.2025 at 02:54pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Taiwan Gets Serious About Deterrence
2. Trump Leans on National Security to Justify Next Wave of Tariffs
3. Tulsi Gabbard Blindsided CIA Over Revoking Clearance of Undercover Officer
4. Judge blocks Kari Lake, tasked to dismantle VOA, from firing its director
5. Xi Prepares Meeting of Security Bloc to Rival US-Led World Order
6. The Answers are in the Mountains: Countering Chinese Aggression with Irregular Warfare
7. The Sanctuary-Vulnerability Tradeoff: Analyzing Hezbollah’s Organizational Degradation Under Multi-Domain Pressure (2023-2025)
8. Military Gaming to Stay Ahead, But Not the Kind You Think
9. From Shield to Spear: How Golden Dome Points the Way toward Breaking China’s Kill Web
10. Reconnaissance-Strike Battle in the Mojave Desert: How Centaur Squadron Prepares Army Units to Win the First Fight on Tomorrow’s Battlefield
11. FUNCTIONAL FITNESS: IMPROVING RETENTION AND FIGHTING “BRAIN DRAIN”
12. Pentagon terminates use of China-based engineers to support cloud systems
13. M1 Abrams Tanks Now Being Operated By A Second Ukrainian Unit
14. Russian, Chinese Submarines Sail Together in Sea of Japan
15. The Iran Nuclear Crisis Might Be Back On
16. The Path to a Good-Enough Iran Deal
17. The New Right is Wrong about Taiwan
18. Peace deal dead, new war drums beating for Ukraine
19. No, the conventional wisdom on China is not ‘dangerously wrong’
Korean News Content:
1. Judge blocks Kari Lake, tasked to dismantle VOA, from firing its director
2. N. Korea’s Kim likely to use bulletproof special train for his upcoming trip to China
3. Lee’s approval rating rises following summit talks with Trump, Ishiba: poll
4. S. Korea seeks 8.2 pct rise in defense budget for 2026
5. Unification ministry seeks to restore 2026 budget for inter-Korean cooperative projects to over 1 tln won
6. South Korea pumps new energy into US shipbuilding efforts
7. South Korean army disposes of leftover wartime grenades found in Seoul
8. The Kim dynasty returns to multilateral diplomacy
9. Editorial: Kim Jong-un finds leverage in a gathering of authoritarians
10. N. Korea rejects S. Korean reconciliation efforts with military buildup\
11. The China–Russia–North Korea Nexus: Implications for Regional Security and the War in Ukraine
12. N. Korean officials force unpopular labor mobilizations, leaving local leaders to face public anger
13. N. Korea and Russia expand prosecution ties, sparking human rights concerns
14. Billions from bullion: The hidden history of North Korea’s gold sales in the UK
15. South Korea boosts defense and engagement spending, changing tack on North Korea
16. North Korea’s economy grows at fastest pace in eight years: BOK report
17. North Korean cosmetics makers becomes latest firm looking to sell beer in Russia
18. Book review: ‘Reading North Korea’ reveals power of watching Pyongyang’s words
