10/8/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.08.2025 at 12:13pm
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National Security News:
1. How China Threatens to Force Taiwan Into a Total Blackout
2. Israeli-Palestinian peace isn’t a naive ideal. Here’s why I have cautious hope | Jeremy Ben-Ami
3. Ted Cruz Wants to Make It Easier to Sue the Government for Censorship
4. How the US funded Israel’s wars on Gaza, Lebanon, Iran
5. Civilian Tech Is Powering China’s Military
6. Here is What the Secretary of War Should Have Said to His General and Flag Officers
7. Remarks by Colonel Marco J. Lyons at the United States Army War College (US Army and Indo-Pacific Issues and Assumptions)
8. I Was a Hostage in Gaza. This is How I Survived.
9. UK SOF Exercise Chameleon 25-2
10. How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day
11. Opinion | The Oct. 7 Warning for the U.S. on China
12. Publisher of famous Soviet newspaper Pravda falls to his death
13. Cubans Could Soon Become Russia’s Largest Foreign Fighting Force
14. The limits of Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’
15. Pentagon nominee John Noh hints at Aukus changes, says Taiwan should ‘pay its way’
16. US Congress urged to preserve stability in Indo-Pacific and curb China’s Taiwan game plan
17. America’s Soybean Farmers Are Panicking Over the Loss of Chinese Buyers
18. China halts US soybean imports to hit Trump’s MAGA supporters
19. Is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Just a Talking Shop?
20. The 12 Days of War That Didn’t Ignite the Middle East or the World
21. How to Train Your Dragon: Understanding China’s Growing Web of Combined Military Exercises and Security Relationships
22. How Russia Recovered: What the Kremlin Is Learning From the War in Ukraine
23. AUKUS Anxiety: Unmet Expectations Could Fracture the U.S.-Australian Alliance
24. Vol. 38, No. 8: Department of War (WSJ Style guide)
25. The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
26. America’s Attack on the Enemy Within: Victory for the Dark Quad’s Political Warfare Strategy
Korean News:
1. Modernizing the ROK–U.S. Alliance: From Deterrence to Strategic Convergence
2. ROK weapons for countering North Korea can help deter China: Pentagon official
3. China Hacked South Korea’s Government, But Was It Really North Korea?
4. North Korean hackers have stolen record $2B in crypto this year: Report
5. Should Trump Meet Kim Again?
6. Many S. Korean capabilities could contribute to deterring China: Pentagon official
7. JCS chairman inspects readiness posture during visit to front-line base
8. N. Korea’s Kim holds talks with Lao president in Pyongyang: KCNA
9. ‘I was so stunned’: Brokers for North Korean defectors investigated for espionage
10. Kim Jong Un announces North Korea response to US troop deployment
11. CBS News on board as Chinese jets intercept Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships
12. North Korea’s New Destroyer Reemerges with Major Modifications
13. Vatican approves beatification cause of priest who pioneered monastic life in Korea
14. Posts that Australian PM announced North Korea visit are fabricated
15. Seoul to mark Hangul Day with quizzes, hands-on programs, citywide fun
