10/1/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.01.2025 at 12:18pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Addresses General and Flag Officers at Quantico, Virginia
2. President Trump Address to Pentagon Leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico – Full Transcript
3. Secretary of War Announced Memorandums
4. Senior Enlisted Leader Assignment (USASOC to STRATCOM)
5. Trump and Hegseth’s backward-facing message to the generals
6. Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight ‘Enemy Within’
7. Trump, Hegseth lecture military leaders in rare, politically charged summit
8. Judge suspends Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs
9. Cognitive Warfare to Dominate and Redefine Adversary Realities: Implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces
10. Pete Hegseth and the Generals
11. They Celebrated Vigilante Justice on the Battlefield. Then They Brought It Home.
12. The Worst Way to Fight—Except All the Others
13. China and the postwar order: The futility of coexistence
14. China and Russia are winning the ‘hybrid’ war. Sadly, the West hasn’t noticed
15. Nine Bodies Turned Up at a Green Beret Outpost. What Really Happened?
16. A Green Beret’s Confession Outraged the Military. Then He Found an Ally in Trump.
17. Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.
18. The Red Tumor: The Growth and Persistence of the Naxalite Insurgency and India’s Response
19. A Lost Friend Down Under
20. Iranian Subversion: A Systemic Strategy that has Extended to Australia
21. “Best Practices” in Crafting National Security Strategy— Reflections and a Case Study
22. Let Them Fly: To Generate Drone Combat Readiness, Army Installations Must Step Up
23. How America Outcompeted Japan
24. The Middle East That Israel Has Made
25. Explaining Trump’s Surprising Turn to Pakistan
26. Hegseth ‘warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security
27. Russia quietly arming China’s paratroopers for Taiwan fight
28. Flood the Zone: III Marine Expeditionary Force’s Mobility Mandate
29. Typhon in Japan changes the game — and China knows it
30. The Termites in Article II: How the Unitary Executive Is Hollowing Out the Republic
31. The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency
Korean News Content:
1. Annual “U.S.-ROK Alliance Day” on October 1, 2025
2. Trump’s big, costly, coercive trade deals falling apart in Asia
3. Lee vows to build ‘strong, self-reliant’ military to cope with changing security landscape
4. Defense chief says border area training should continue despite S. Korea’s peace efforts
5. Ex-FM Kang becomes S. Korea’s 1st female ambassador to U.S.
6. Trump remains open to talks with N.K. leader Kim ‘without any preconditions’: White House
7. N. Korea’s Kim, in message to Xi, vows strong ties with China regardless of changes in int’l situation
8. Gov’t working to make U.S. understand Korea, Japan are different: trade minister
9. S. Korea marks 77th anniv. of Armed Forces Day in scaled-down event
10. Seoul can deter North Korea with US alliance but shouldn’t depend on others: Lee
11. Public support for unification with North Korea inches up under Lee: Survey
12. Hanwha Ocean, POSCO to jointly develop ultra-high strength steel
13. Hanwha Appoints Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor as Global Chief Strategy Officer
14. N. Korean women’s organization caught dodging mandatory political sessions
15. N. Korean money changers profit from currency fluctuations
16. North Korea – United States Department of State (Human Trafficking)
17. Kaesong’s S. Korean buses now serving N. Korea’s Wonsan tourism zone
18. Anti-China rallies increase in Korea amid visa-free tourism policy
19. Korea-US alliance at a critical juncture
20. True Anti-Americanism: Follow President Park Chung-hee’s Example
21. K-food exports reach $10 billion at record pace this year: data
22. Lee vows support for pop culture industry through new committee
