10/21/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
10.21.2025 at 01:44pm
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National Security News:
1. The Day Amazon Broke the Internet for Millions of Americans
2. Marco Rubio Is Leading Trump’s Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela
3. What Does the Fall of He Weidong Mean for the PLA?
4. U.S., Australia Deal Advances Critical Minerals Ambitions, While Detail Light
5. Russia and Ukraine Are No Closer to Cease-Fire After Trump’s Pressure on Zelensky
6. Trump Signals Support for Selling Submarines to Australia
7. Japan Gets Its First Female Leader, a Conservative Who Favors a Stronger Military
8. Japan Has a New Leader, and She’s a Heavy Metal Drummer
9. U.S. Rushes to Shore Up Fragile Gaza Cease-Fire
10. China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With Trump: Factory Lines
11. I worked for Biden. Here’s the gold in Trump’s foreign policy.
12. China accuses US of cyber breaches at national time centre
13. Why leading Chinese scientist warned public against ‘hubris’ over country’s advances
14. Book Review | On Character: Choices That Define a Life (Book by McChrystal, review by Ken Gleiman)
15. Maximizing The Reciprocal Benefits of International Military Education
16. Interest in American M.B.A. Programs Shrinks, but Schools Across Asia Are Booming
17. Policing the Pacific: How China Expands Influence Where the US Looks for Allies
18. Colombia Is Struggling to Keep Up With A Criminal Air Force
19. The Stagnant Order And the End of Rising Powers
20. The New Supply Chain Insecurity – Fortress America Is Not a Safer America
21. China Against China – Xi Jinping Confronts the Downsides of Success
22. Meet Leonidas, the Drone-Killing Microwave Weapon Ukraine Has Its Eye On
23. ‘He lost us:’ Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated
24. Trump is going to Asia — what happens next is anyone’s guess
Korean News:
1. President Lee must step in to end the ‘two states’ confusion
2. After the Party: Assessing North Korean Coverage of Party Founding Celebrations
3. The Incoherence of the Policymakers (US policymakers on Korea)
4. Kim Joo-ae is a propaganda model
5. Trump is going to Asia — what happens next is anyone’s guess
6. Exclusive: Trump Administration’s North Korea Team in Seoul, Pyongyang Silent
7. Lee congratulates new Japanese PM Takaichi on election
8. N. Korea slams Japan politicians for visit to war shrine, ritual offerings
9. Lee visits former torture site turned democracy museum on police day
10. Top military officer inspects security readiness ahead of APEC summit
11. Flights, military drills, working hours to be adjusted on day of annual college entrance exam
12. N. Korean Embassy in Russia holds banquet marking 77th anniv. of diplomatic ties
13. ‘Russian deployment heroes’ stained with youth’s blood (3) A defector from the Storm Corps speaks on creating heroes in the barracks — “There was no other choice”
14. ‘Russian deployment heroes’ stained with youth’s blood (4) Suicide Heroes Become New Brainwashing Material… How Can We Break This Vicious Cycle?
15. Kim Jong Un orders propaganda overhaul on party’s 80th anniversary
16. Satellite images show N. Korea’s fall harvest lagging behind last year
