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10/9/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.09.2025 at 01:23pm
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National Security News:

1. Israel and Hamas Agree to Hostage Release in Step Toward Peace
2. Five Things to Know About the Gaza Deal
3. Is the War in Gaza Finally Over?
4. I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.
5. China Tightens Grip on Rare Earths Ahead of Expected Trump-Xi Meeting
6. China says unnamed foreign groups are using its rare earth exports for military purposes
7. Developing | China sanctions US defence firms, chip data provider in latest curbs
8. Russian Drones Turn the Streets of Kherson Into a Civilian Kill Zone
9. Cold War Statecraft for the 2020s
10. Admiral Frank Bradley Takes the Reins at SOCOM
11. Legal experts fear Trump admin is ignoring JAGs on cartel strikes, Guard deployments
12. U.S. and Philippine Forces Drill Near South China Sea Flashpoint
13. Taiwan readies ‘porcupine strategy’ to fend off Chinese invasion – as Xi Jinping draws up WW3 battle-lines
14. Taiwan says anti-drone measures will be a top priority in defense against China
15. The Hypersonic Dilemma: GCC States and the Future of Missile Procurement Post-Iran–Israel War 2025
16. U.S. Spacepower: Shield & Sword
17. What’s Really Going On in Portland, According to Police Reports
18. The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive
19.  The Chinese robots are coming
20. A Tale of Two Economies
21. America’s Second Civil War: The 4th and 5th Generation Siege on Our Constitutional Republic
22. Not Just Desert Storm and the Yom Kippur War: Why the Iran-Iraq War Should Inform US Military Thinking about Large-Scale Combat Operations
23. When Ideology Writes the Check: Washington’s Risky Bet on Argentina
24. Taiwan’s Plan for Peace Through Strength
25. America’s New Age of Political Violence

Korean News:

1. North Korea’s ruling party turns 80 this week and signs point to a major Kim Jong Un celebration
2. Key Russian, Chinese officials arrive in N. Korea ahead of major anniv.
3. China’s Li arrives in Pyongyang, marking 1st visit by Chinese premier in 16 yrs: report
4. N. Korea’s Kim calls for strict discipline ahead of key party anniv.
5. Number of Chinese visitors to Korea jumps 16.4 pct in Sept.
6. ‘I was so stunned’: Brokers for North Korean defectors investigated for espionage
7. Fireworks heard in Pyongyang amid expectations for military parade
8. Russia’s Medvedev arrives in North Korea with Kursk governor and pop star in tow
9. Kim Jong Un calls for ‘eliminating’ challenges to power in party ideology speech
10. UN watchdog slams ‘recurring’ North Korean GPS jamming for endangering aircraft
11. Ask a North Korean: What was it like to watch military parades in North Korea?
12. POSCO and Hyundai Steel Pay 400 Billion Won in U.S. Steel Tariffs
13. Trump, Xi’s schedules threaten to dash South Korea’s APEC ambitions
14. Russia’s ruling party affirms support for N. Korea’s measures to bolster defense capabilities: KCNA
15. Seoul-Tokyo relationship faces uncertainty with Japan’s new right-wing PM
16. 7 nationals from China, Taiwan caught filming Korean military sites this year
17. Far-right groups hold protests across Seoul over Chuseok holiday
18. Korea needs different US trade deal then Japan

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.

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