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10/15/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.15.2025 at 02:15pm

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National Security News:

1. China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump
2. U.S. Kills 6 People in Fifth Strike on Suspected Drug Boat
3. Chinese Criminals Made More Than $1 Billion From Those Annoying Texts
4. US national security expert Ashley Tellis arrested over classified files; China ties probed
5. After Israeli Withdrawal, Hamas Launches Violent Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza
6. China is ‘pacing threat,’ Army Secretary says—while backing Trump’s homeland defense push
7. How The Night Stalkers Are Planning To Survive In Future High-End Fights
8. Army to host ‘recurring’ competitions for counter-drone tech
9. I Corps adapts to meet modern challenges in the Indo-Pacific
10. Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions
11. Drug Smugglers Change Supply Routes to Evade U.S. Warships
12. Move over James Bond: A new service lets anyone share secrets with Britain
13. Media including Fox News overwhelmingly reject Pentagon press policy
14.Chinese arms makers urged to embrace AI technology in weapons development
15. The Ethical Imperative of Information: Just War Considerations for Global Information Strategy
16. Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
17. Book Review | William Spears’ Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy: Insights on the Morality of Military Service
18. Two Dangerous Assumptions in U.S. Defense Planning and How to Fix Them
19. The Dilemma of Duty Under Trump
20. Russia’s Hybrid Warfare Triggers Logistics, Comms & Operational Disruption
21. Palmer Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg Are Putting Cat Ears on the US Military
22. DOJ seizes $15 billion bitcoin in SE Asia crypto scam bust
23. How America Can Win the Biotech Race: To Outcompete China, Washington Must Unleash the Private Sector
24. US wades deeper into rising Philippine-China sea tussle
25. Trump, China, and Declining US Influence in Asia

 

Korean News:

1. North Korean listeners express loss after Radio Free Asia broadcasts end in July
2. Unification minister confirms two-state approach for Koreas
3. US takes ‘final’ steps to cut off Cambodian firm aiding North Korean cybercrime
4. US-South Korea alliance is evolving after Trump-Lee summit, top diplomat says
5. Army Korea’s move to longer duty tours to come in stages, general says
6. General Atomics’ Gray Eagle STOL Drone Will Be Made In Korea
7. North breaks tradition, incorporates some of South’s pop culture style in anniversary event
8. Presidential policy chief, industry minister to visit Washington for follow-up tariff talks
9. Top S. Korean business leaders to visit U.S. amid AI project talks, trade negotiations
10. N. Korea’s Kim, Trump could meet on occasion of APEC summit in S. Korea: unification minister
11. Seoul to revive foundation in charge of suspended inter-Korean industrial park
12. Hidden grammar of US-Korea alliance
13. Ex-US Navy rear admiral hired by Hanwha a week before Chinese sanctions landed
14. U.S. Army may soon test South Korea’s new wheeled K9A2 howitzer
15. Seoul plans first civilian nuclear bunker under public housing complex
16. Quick Take: New Drone Launching System Shown
17. Why international relations theory, negotiations fail with North Korea

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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