12/30/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
12.30.2025 at 03:16pm
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National Security News:
1. China’s Push to Master the Arctic Opens an Alarming Shortcut to U.S.
2. Opinion | Did Ukraine Target Putin’s Residence?
3. Chinese Military Drills Send ‘Stern Warning’ After U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan
4. Advice for advisers – 14 lessons for making government work
5. Opinion: Ukraine’s Victory Is the Answer to a Better Future for the World
6. America Needs Economic Warriors
7. Russia’s Descent Into Tyranny
8. The National Security Strategy Paper on China
9. The Quantum Era Crept Up While You Were Watching AI
10. China and US need new ways to engage in push for stable ties, Wang Yi says
11. Trump ‘not worried’ about Beijing’s military drills around Taiwan
12. Why Singapore is the only Southeast Asian country in Pax Silica, the U.S.’s new AI ‘inner circle’
13. A Country and a World Out of Balance
14. The Houthi Model – Non-State Actors and Multi-Drone Capabilities
15. From Khorramshahr to Hezbollah: How Iran Learned to Win by Not Winning
16. The Cyber Wars That Weren’t
17. From Restraint to Readiness? Germany Considers Conscription
18. If U.S.-China AI Rivalry Were Football, the Score Would Be 24-18
19. The 2025 Festivus Report from SEN Rand Paul is now available
Korean News:
1. S. Korea begins permitting easy public access to N. Korea’s main newspaper
2. Gov’t eases access to Yongsan park for visitors, seeks name change
3. Lee to make state visit to China next week for summit with Xi Jinping
4. Thae Yong-ho says North may build nuclear submarine before South
5. North Korea’s nuclear sub reveal jolts US-Russia-China dynamics
6. North Korea debuts new launcher for nuclear missiles aimed at South Korea
7. China has warned ships against operating in North Korean waters, statements show
8. Defectors protest proposed new label for North Koreans in South
9. ＜Super-Telephoto N.Korea Video＞Massive Fortress-Like Yalu River Embankment Construction — Mobilized Soldiers’ Lunch: Large Portions of Corn Rice
10. ＜North Korea Video＞State Conducts Large-Scale Vehicle Smuggling: BYD, Toyota, Heavy Equipment… 24 Smuggling Bases in Just 80km Stretch Near Hyesan
11. Car repair skills become pathway to income for North Korean youth
12. South Korea Debates Nuclear Power’s Future in 2050 Energy Mix
13. North Korea’s License Plates Reveal Power Hierarchy: Kim ‘0001’, Park ‘0002’
