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12/5/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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12.05.2025 at 03:05pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. National Security Strategy of the United States of America
2. Opinion | Hegseth’s Order and the Admiral
3. Democrats Troubled by Video of Second Strike on Alleged Drug Boat
4. China debate delayed Trump security strategy
5. SECWAR Changes MISO Back to PSYOP
6.US halts plans to sanction Chinese spy agency
7. Deterring Taiwan conflict a ‘priority’: US national security report
8. Taipei protests after South Korea tourist arrival card lists Taiwan as ‘China (Taiwan)’
9. Australia on high alert as China PLA naval flotilla in Philippine Sea sails south
10. USS Harry S Truman collision was nearly ‘catastrophic,’ investigation finds
11. Golden Dome and National Defense Strategy rollouts may come at Reagan
12. 62% of Americans support military action against suspected drug traffickers, survey finds
13. South Korea’s Hyundai feeds rapid naval upgrades in the Philippines
14. Lineage, Legacy, and Identity: What ARSOF History Tells Us About USSOF Today
15. European Leaders Warn Zelensky to Be Wary in U.S. High-Speed Push for Peace
16. Ukrainian robotics company says autonomy in defense is overhyped — but it’s also past the point of no return
17. Trump’s New National-Security Strategy Takes Aim at Europe
18. Trump’s transactional diplomacy alarms Japan, South Korea
19. Enabling Decision Dominance through Human-Machine Teaming
20. SOF, AI, and Changing Western Conceptions of War

 

Korean News:

1. National Security Strategy of the United States of America (with Korea specific comments)
2. Taipei protests after South Korea tourist arrival card lists Taiwan as ‘China (Taiwan)’
3. U.S. National Security Strategy Pressures South Korea to Increase Defense Spending
4. National Economic Plans for November Fulfilled in Various Sectors and Units of DPRK
5. Defense ministry launches probe into military propaganda unit over anti-Pyongyang leafleting
6. South Korea’s Hyundai feeds rapid naval upgrades in the Philippines
7. Lee’s approval rating edges up to 62 pct on positive views of his diplomacy: poll
8. U.S. opens visa support desk for Korean investors after Georgia raid
9. Trump’s transactional diplomacy alarms Japan, South Korea
10. Families of abductees in North Korea ‘devastated’ by Lee’s ignorance on issue
11. Unification minister accuses UNC of blocking South Korean entry to the DMZ
12. How a question about forgotten prisoners in North Korea sparked a firestorm
13. Kim Jong Un prioritizes weapons technology over economic gains from Ukraine deployment

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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