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11/30/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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11.30.2025 at 05:49pm
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National Security News:

1. (now two) Three Days Left to Support HRNK This Giving Tuesday (Request for Your Support)
2. Trump’s Focus on Drug War Means Big Business for Defense Startups
3. Why Russia and China Are Sitting Out Venezuela’s Clash With Trump
4. Is America Heading for a Debt Crisis? Look Abroad for Answers
5. China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation
6. China move that could ‘paralyse’ globe as Xi Jinping urges return of Taiwan
7. Taiwan’s history is of independence
8. U.S. scholar urges Taiwan to prioritize deployable asymmetric weapons
9. The Military Faces a Make-or-Break Moment
10. China is bamboozling Patel on fentanyl
11. This Autonomous Submarine Is At The Center Of Naval Warfare’s Biggest Change In Decades
12. Why Grok is first and foremost a disinformation machine
13. America’s Industrial Backbone
14. Arizona State’s President Is Pulling Out All the Stops to Get on Trump’s Good Side
15. These universities are reviving higher education’s civic seriousness
16. Before, There Was ‘Shell Shock.’ Now Soldiers In Trenches Suffer From Drone-Induced ‘FPV Syndrome.’
17. The quiet US pivot to Latin America
18. Ukraine’s peace talks reveal the risks of replacing diplomats with dealmakers
19. Forget Aircraft Carriers: Diesel Submarines Are Becoming Silent and Stealth Powerhouse
20. The People Are The Weapon System
21. Russia Gains the Upper Hand in the Drone Battle, Once Ukraine’s Forte

 

Korean News:

1. (now two) Three Days Left to Support HRNK This Giving Tuesday (Request for Your Support)
2. Now the World Does Know: 2025 Reference Guide to Reports on Human Rights in North Korea
3. North Korea claims victory in ‘war on religion’
4. South Korea’s grand plan to join the AI big time
5. South Korean police say no reports of a Chinese public security officer operating in Seoul
6. North Korea Makes Russian Language Mandatory in Schools, Official Claims
7. Posters urging South Koreans to join Ukraine war slammed as ‘Russian hoax’
8. Lee to deliver special address on 1st anniv. of martial law declaration
9. N. Korea’s Kim vows to bestow new strategic assets, duty on air force founding anniv.
10. N. Korean hacking group Lazarus behind 31 attacks over past year: report
11. S. Korea’s economy still at crossroads year after failed martial law attempt
12. K-pop light sticks become new symbols of resistance in defiance of martial law
13. 1 year after martial law, S. Korea shows democratic resilience but reveals social divisions
14. Bill to ban protests near presidential office passes committee, drawing backlash
15. From ‘soft no’s to hidden anger: Why Koreans communicate indirectly

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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