9/22/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Deal to Keep TikTok in U.S. Is Near. These Are the Details.
2. The World Sees Hope for a Two-State Solution. Israelis and Palestinians See None.
3. Will the $100,000 Visa Fee Help U.S. Workers? Economists Aren’t So Sure
4. From Ph.D. to PLA: How Visa Policies Enable PRC Defense Entities to Tap U.S. Higher Education
5. Small Drones, Big Limits: A Smarter Drone Strategy
6. Why Trump’s Desperate Chase For Bagram Airbase Could Reshape Afghanistan’s Future Forever – Analysis
7. Aukus faces an ‘America first’ review. Will Trump’s agenda scupper the deal?
8. The Pentagon’s counter-drug mission could cost millions. Where will the funding come from?
9. Britain arrests trio of suspected Russian saboteurs
10. America’s Infuriating and Irreplaceable Role at the U.N.
11. Special Operations News – September 22, 2025
12. Why Israel Might Be Forced to End Its Nuclear Ambiguity Thanks to Turkey
13. The U.S.-Colombia Rift Widens
14. Ukraine Counterattacks, Scoring Rare, if Modest, Success in Northeast
15. Taiwan’s Message to Trump and the U.N.: ‘We’re Not a Freeloader’
16. At Taiwan arms show, vendors bank on cheap weapons for big damage
17. The staff gap: Or, why architecting national power starts with a better toolset
18. When the US cedes Asia to China
19. Announcing the Winners of the IWI Summer 2025 Writing Contest
20. Fort Drum Shows How States Can Push Back on China’s Maritime Aggression
21. Nobody Lost Taiwan: The Island Remains Secure and Stable—for Now
22. Inside China’s Surveillance and Propaganda Industries: Where Profit Meets Party
23. The Next U.S. National Security Strategy Risks Misreading History Again
24. “A Risk Too Far: A Psychological Autopsy of the Planning for Arnhem” Book Review

Korean News Content:

1. Kim Jong Un’s Proposition to Trump: Let’s Talk—but Not About Nukes
2. Kim Jong Un says he’s open to talks if US discards ‘denuclearization obsession’
3. Will Kim Jong-un’s ‘good memory’ of Trump lead to US-North Korea deal?
4. Belief that South Korea needs foreign troops reflects ‘submissive mindset’: Lee
5. North Korean workers in Russia subject to slavery-like conditions: Report
6. South Korea’s President Lee says U.S. investment demands would spark a financial crisis
7. When the US cedes Asia to China
8. Kim’s remarks on ‘good memory’ of Trump up expectations for talks around APEC gathering
9. Presidential office backs N. Korea-U.S. talks but holds firm on denuclearization goal
10. Kim Jong-un sets terms for meeting Trump, shuts door on Seoul
11. Drastic US visa fee hike
12. Insurrection Frame’s Potency Collapses
13. North Korea imitates Samyang’s Buldak Ramen design
14. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Farm Officials Illegally Transfer Children to Cities… Avoiding the Despised Farmer Status of Poverty and Contempt
15. N. Korean families lose life savings after remittance broker arrest
16. New housing projects divide N. Korean opinion between optimism and doubt