10/7/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.07.2025 at 01:02pm
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National Security News:
1. Pacific Allies Need U.S. Support
2. Why is China funding the Russian War Machine?
3. Has Japan Found Its Margaret Thatcher?
4. After Two Years of War, Israel Is Stronger—and More Isolated—Than Ever
5. It’s Time to Rewire the Pentagon for Modern Warfare
6. Japan Gets New Kind of Leader
7. The AI Arms Race Gets Even Hotter
8. Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela
9. It’s time to rethink development assistance as a useful soft power tool
10. SOF News – Countering the Drone Swarm – Oct 7, 2025
11. The war you don’t see: Inside the battle for Australia’s mind
12. Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules
13. This Century’s “Billy Mitchell Moment”
14. The Global Pressure Gauge: The Doomsday Clock Revisited
15. Examining Thresholds in an East-West War
16. Government shutdown forces Army to cancel ‘Best Squad’ competition
17. A Wargame to Take Taiwan, from China’s Perspective
18. Israel’s Irregular Warfare Paradox: Reconciling Precision Abroad and a “Killing Field” Next Door
19. A Defining Choice for Israel
20. A Snapback Solution for Ukraine
21. If Trump convinces China to abandon force against Taiwan he deserves Nobel prize, Taiwan president says
22. Palantir’s $1.3B ‘Maven’ AI Platform Goes Tactical With Picogrid Integration
23. Former PEO, Ships, Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Tom Anderson Joins Hanwha Defense USA as President of U.S. Shipbuilding
24. China Is Joining Russia’s Shadow War on Europe
25. No coup – yet – as corruption and protests roil Philippines
26. Opinion | By giving up WTO privileges, China gains more than it loses
27. Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say
Korean News:
1. Kim Jong Un denounces ‘dangerous’ US nuclear moves with eye on potential talks
2. New S. Korean envoy vows to solidify alliance with U.S.
3. N. Korea’s Kim tells Putin that alliance will ‘invariably’ carry forward in future
4. S. Korea, China FMs agree on efforts to develop ties through APEC summit in phone talks
5. New North Korean Hypersonic Missile Unveiled At Pyongyang Arms Expo
6. Traffic heavy on highways nationwide day after Chuseok
7. Premier Li Qiang to visit North Korea, most senior Chinese official to do so since 2019
8. Americans Top Foreign Owners of Seoul Apartments in Han River Belt
9. S. Korea moves to curb anti-China rally slogans, raising rights concerns
10. Arrest of media regulator signals dangerous turn in South Korea
11. Kim Jong-un hails Putin as ‘closest comrade’ in birthday message
12. Former PEO, Ships, Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Tom Anderson Joins Hanwha Defense USA as President of U.S. Shipbuilding
13. Pacific Allies Need U.S. Support
14. Criticism of Washington’s $350 billion investment demand ‘not anti-Americanism,’ says Seoul’s top envoy
15. Korean fury over Tesla battery error builds as gov’t mulls subsidy review
16. Kim Jong Un demands major health sector ‘reform’ at Pyongyang hospital opening
17. North Korean tech company registers office for ‘market research’ in Vladivostok
18. Kang Kyung-wha takes up post as ROK envoy to US amid push for North Korea talks
19. Australia deploys patrol aircraft to monitor North Korea’s maritime smuggling
20. The Korean Emperor and the American Princess: Part 2
