12/28/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. Russia Pummels Kyiv Before Trump-Zelensky Meeting
2. Zelensky to Push Trump on Peace Deal Amid Latest Russian Attacks
3. Opinion | Venezuela and Cuba: What’s Next?
4. The war is not coming, it is already quietly here (Taiwan)
5. The CCP Initiates a New Information Warfare Technique
6. [OPINION] Consider the unthinkable: A Philippine defense posture without America
7. Spy chief Andrew Shearer: ‘I’ve never seen our agencies so stretched’
8. How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
9. U.S.-Palau agreement shows new National Security Strategy in action
10. ‘Counting Every Day’: The Soldier Who Spent More Than a Year on the Front Line
11. The Asian danger from Trump’s spheres-of-interest approach
12. Trump’s Broadside at Europe Also Swipes at a U.S. Legacy
13. Three Months, 19,687 Nautical Miles: This Lengthy Trade Route Is Peak Globalization
14. Boeing’s $724 Million Radar Plane Lives On, Despite Pentagon Efforts to Kill It
15. As Memories of Fukushima Fade, Japan Seeks Bigger Role for Nuclear Power
16. Poland To Build $2.4 Billion Anti-Drone Defense System Along Eastern Border
17. Trump Promised Radical Change in His Second Term. Here’s What He’s Done So Far.
Korean News:
1. The term “Escapee from north Korea” is not merely a label. It is, in itself, a cultural brand.
2. Why Seoul’s Unification Ministry is Going Rogue
3. N. Korea’s Kim logs most public appearances in nine years in 2025
4. Gov’t to tap seasoned N. Korea hands for new task force on inter-Korean dialogue
5. Is North Korea’s new nuclear sub reveal a bid to counter US-South Korean naval power?
6. Korean Peninsula Arms Race Heats Up With Dueling Nuclear Submarine Programs
7. Kim Jong-un’s hidden motive in criticizing South Korea’s nuclear submarine push
8. UN Command says military boundary between two Koreas under its authority
9. Lee nominates conservative-leaning former lawmaker as new budget minister
10. Kim Jong Un conducts cruise missile test to deter outside ‘threats’
11. ‘Issue PICK with Sam’ A Hybrid War that Seems Like War Yet Not Quite
12. “Received Bitcoin from North Korean Hacker and Leaked Military Secrets” – Four-Year Prison Sentence Finalized for Man in His 40s
13. [Lee Kyong-hee] Peace treaty should be the entry point
14. Kim Jong-un Emphasizes Patriotic Zeal at Constitution Day Event