12/7/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. Hegseth declares end of US ‘utopian idealism’ with new military strategy
2. See How a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Unfold
3. Chinese Jets Locked Radar on Japanese Fighters
4. PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan
5. New US National Security Strategy reveals Trump administration’s latest stance on Taiwan
6. New US NSS mentions Taiwan multiple times, reveals Washington’s real logic of treating Taiwan as pawn: experts
7. Hegseth Defends Pentagon Strike on Drug-Boat Survivors
8. Smerconish: ‘Before we judge the strike, we must judge a system that fails 100,000 families.’
9. How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
10. Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements
11. China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists
12. U.S. spent more on Afghanistan rebuild than Marshall Plan; nothing to show after two decades of war
13. From Lenin to the Narcos: Manwaring’s Lessons on Political War in the Age of Paramilitaries (book review)
14. Engaging Rwanda: A Pragmatic Approach To The Great Lakes Conflict
15. Concept of Small Boats: Sri Lanka’s Contribution to Naval Battles
16. The Common-Sense Realism of the National Security Strategy
17. Experts react: What Trump’s National Security Strategy means for US foreign policy
18. Opinion | The National Security Strategy is less a strategy than a mood board
Korean News:
1. S. Korea not mulling joint drills as leverage for inter-Korean talks: official
2. Hegseth says ‘special favor’ for ‘model allies’ like S. Korea, consequences for those failing to do their part
3. Presidential office to relocate office facilities to Cheong Wa Dae later this month
4. Seoul sets up task forces for working-level talks with U.S. on nuclear subs, uranium rights, defense costs
5. South Korea alarmed by omission of NK denuclearization in US, China defense papers
6. SpaceX’s Starlink faces backlash for map designating Dokdo as ‘Liancourt Rocks’
7. Moon Chung-in: Revising Constitution Could Spur North Korea Dialogue
8. Editorial: U.S. to Build Nuclear Plants With Korean Funds as South Korea Reduces Its Own
9. North Korea Claims Socialist Homeland Uniquely Provides Free Care for Orphans, Elderly
10. Forgotten Detainees: Is South Korea a Normal Country?
11. S. Korea’s exports likely to decrease this year excluding semiconductor shipments
12. Large-Scale Vehicle Smuggling Between North Korea and China: Structure and Background (Part 4) – Oversupply Leaves Cars Unsold; Vehicles Become Symbols of Wealth Gap, Targets of Vandalism
13. Isolationism highlighted in new U.S. security strategy while North’s denuclearization dropped
14. ‘Denuclearization’ eclipsed by US-China rivalry
