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10/4/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.04.2025 at 03:30pm
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National Security News Content:

1. Special Operations Command transitions to new leadership
2. US Special Operations Command general retires
3. Hamas Agrees to Release Gaza Hostages, but Sets Conditions
4. Israel’s Military Signals an Easing of Its Gaza Offensive
5. Hamas Is Still at War With Itself Over Terms of Trump’s Peace Plan
6. Japan Set for First Female Prime Minister Amid U.S. Friction Over Trade, Security
7. This Program Rescued Army Recruiting
8. China’s Closing Window: Strategic Compression and the Risk of Crisis
9. The White House’s plan for Gaza deserves praise
10. The Promise and Peril of Total Defense (Resistance and Resilience)
11. Ukraine Says China Provided Russia With Satellite Data for Strikes
12. Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity
13. How bad is America’s icebreaker gap with Russia?
14. Putin Warns West as Drones Appear in European Skies
15. ‘Mock Taipei’: China expands replica of Taiwan’s govt buildings in Mongolia; satellite images show site tripled in size since 2020
16. Is the Ukraine War ‘Shapeshifting’ Into the Vietnam War?
17. Shutdown Lays Bare America’s Latest Crisis: A Total Breakdown in Trust
18. New Report Warns U.S. Shipbuilding Collapse Threatens National Security
19. The Quantico Speeches: A Dangerous Reframing of the Military’s Mission
20. The Yankees Rookie Who Just Shut Down the Red Sox With a Pitching Display for the Ages

 

Korean News Content:

1. Trump expected to visit S. Korea on Oct. 29 ahead of APEC summit: sources
2. Bessent says Trump, Xi will have ‘pull-aside’ meeting in Korea, expects breakthrough in trade talks
3. Lee says issue of separated families ‘top priority’
4. Wartime OPCON: balancing sovereignty and security
5. Lee vows to improve people’s livelihoods in Chuseok holiday greetings
6. S. Korean overseas troops continue to serve for peace as UNC marks 75th anniv.
7. Hopes rise for North Korea breakthrough as Trump, Xi head to South Korea in October
8. Takaichi’s Rise Raises Red Flags for South Korea-Japan Ties
9. Trump unlikely to attend APEC summit
10. Another North Korean refugee’s story brought me to tears
11. How Charlie Kirk’s death galvanized South Korea’s ‘MAGA’ conservatives
12. Kim Jong Un reveals ‘two-state theory’ has not been enshrined in constitution

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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