Member Login Become a Member
Advertisement

10/5/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

  |  
10.05.2025 at 02:52pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. (Chinese)Think tank report exposes U.S. mind colonization: Colonization of the Mind —The Means, Roots, and Global Perils of U.S. Cognitive Warfare
2. Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Convocation, the Warrior Ethos, and Our Military’s Covenant with American Society (HR McMaster)
3. Trump to Send Witkoff, Kushner to Middle East to Seal Hostage Release Deal
4. How a Missile Strike Unlocked a Deal for Peace in Gaza
5. Hegseth Focuses on Fitness, Even as Pentagon Goes High Tech
6. AI Investors Are Chasing a Big Prize. Here’s What Can Go Wrong.
7. The Women Who Helped Defeat ISIS Are Fighting for Their Place in the New Syria
8. Report: Pete Hegseth weighed sending elite military to Portland, Ore.
9. Trump’s ‘paper tiger’ jab at Russia echoes Mao’s propaganda against the US
10. Decisive Operations Without Consolidation: Venezuela’s Opposition and the Risks of Escalation
11. A Japanese ‘Iron Lady’ Known for Far-Right Views Is Poised To Become the Nation’s First Female Leader
12. The Strategy Behind Trump’s Qatar Security Guarantee
13. A Japanese General Takes on America’s Warmongers:  Retired Gen. Mochida Kazuhito admires President Trump but distrusts Washington.
14. Laura Loomer Is Turning Against MAGA Stalwarts
15. Department of War: The Major Implications for US Foreign Policy
16. The Korea Playbook: The Only Way to End the Ukraine War?
17. As America fumbles, China races ahead
18. Opinion | The West Is Defined by Loss
19. The One Book That All Americans Should Drop Everything to Read Right Now

 

Korean News Content:

1. Kim Jong-un Threatens South Korea, Seoul Urges Dialogue
2. North Korea unveils first unmanned surface drone ahead of Oct. 10 parade
3. N. Korea holds annual defense exhibition for 3rd consecutive year
4. New Korean envoy to U.S. pledges best efforts to address trade, other bilateral issues
5. South Korea’s policy puzzle: Lee’s top aides divided over ‘two states’ approach to North
6. Presidential office holds emergency response meeting on U.S. tariffs
7. The Korea Playbook: The Only Way to End the Ukraine War?
8. A Japanese ‘Iron Lady’ Known for Far-Right Views Is Poised To Become the Nation’s First Female Leader
9. From banned ‘feudalistic remnant’ to Party ‘grace’: How North Korea rebranded Chuseok
10. Solving the trade impasse: Korea should open agricultural market to US
11. US Koreans say dual nationality pledge overlooks birthright, tax hurdles
12. S. Korea’s cybersecurity watchdog facing workforce shortage: lawmaker
13. Highways nationwide congested amid extended Chuseok holiday
14. China overtakes US as top destination for Korean fugitives
15. How two duelling history influencers explain South Korea’s polarised politics
16. The Enduring Axis: Don’t Underestimate the China-North Korea Bond
17. Fault Lines Daily Summary – October 5, 2025 (Korea News Plus)

About The Author

  • David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is a contributing editor to Small Wars Journal.

    View all posts

Article Discussion:

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments