10/3/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.03.2025 at 01:50pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Lawmakers From Both Sides Pressed Pentagon on Legal Basis for Drug Boat Strikes
2. Why Not Let Ukraine Hit Moscow?
3. Ukraine at the Rubicon
4.Trump’s Drone Deal With Ukraine to Give U.S. Access to Battlefield Tech
5. War Department pushes back on ‘false’ narrative of internal strategy split
6. Pentagon leadership directs DOD civilian employee supervisors to expedite removal of underperformers
7. How Chinese Weapons Transformed a War Between Two Neighbors
8. Decision Dominance in the Age of Agentic AI
9. Groundbreaking Launched Effects Demonstration Marks Key Step in U.S. Army Modernization Strategy
10. Interview with Ylli Bajraktari
11. Kirigami parachute suitable for humanitarian missions stabilizes quickly and doesn’t pitch
12. Pentagon downgrades leadership role for Air Forces-Europe to 3-star
13. “Credible Threat” Of Drone Attacks Prompted Massive Chicago Airspace Restrictions, CBP Claims
14. Why America Lost the War in Afghanistan: A Requiem Essay
15. New 4-star command activation brings together recruiting, training and future technology
16. Army expands program targeting recruits with specialized skills
17. Hybrid air denial: The new gray zone battleground raging above Europe
18. ‘Shadow economies’ are growing. Military planners and operators must take them into account
19. The Return of the Starvation Weapon
20. China’s missile shield outshining Trump’s Golden Dome
21. Manila vows to block China’s militarization of Scarborough Shoal
22. Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990
23. What Women Heard in Hegseth’s Remarks About Physical Standards
24. A Big Production for a Small Vision
25. Right Message, Wrong Messenger.
26. Five Takeaways About the Culture of Lawlessness in the U.S. Special Forces
Korean News Content:
1. Kim Jong-un’s Flurry of Diplomacy
2. Engine Test Preparations and Modernization at Sohae Satellite Launching Station
3. Seoul’s dangerous gamble with wartime command
4. US, ROK agree to expand drone cooperation as North Korea doubles down on UAVs
5. Lee Jae-myung calls for North Korea to allow contact between separated families
6. Russian government jet flies to North Korea, a week before military parade
7. ＜Inside N.Korea＞Information spreads that ‘Kim Jong-un regime received $5,000 per fallen soldier from Russia’ — Authorities conduct massive crackdown, calling it ‘rumors’ (Revised version)
8. U.S. Army Secretary highlights North Korea, China threats ahead
9. Unification minister fuels confusion on North Korea
10. Lee’s OPCON gamble
11. Kim Jong Un orders creation of unified satellite intelligence command system
12. JCS chairman, USFK commander visit front-line military unit
13. Bessent says Trump, Xi will have ‘pull-aside’ meeting in Korea, expects breakthrough in trade talks
14. Lee meets Korean War refugees on first day of Chuseok holiday
15. 6 in 10 S. Koreans to skip ancestor-honoring ceremony during Chuseok: survey
16. Adoptees, birth families, officials demand justice as Korea confronts abuses
17. Millions hit road as weeklong Chuseok holiday begins in South Korea
18. From Stray Kids to BLACKPINK’s Rosé: Inside the racism K-pop stars still face
