8/20/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 19 (Putin’s War)
2. How citizen groups are fighting internet disinformation and racial discord
3. ‘Hackers against conspiracies’: Cyber sleuths take aim at election disinformation
4. Chinese communist spokesperson goes on tweetstorm asking world to reject US
5. Sensing Russian Stall, US Rushing Arms to Help Retake Ukrainian Territory
6. China will face an economic crisis if it doesn’t end its zero-covid policy: ‘Beijing is racing against time’
7. Crimea sabotage signals Ukraine shift to guerrilla war
8. Bali bomber released after serving just half sentence
9. We’re Still Asking the Wrong Questions About War With China Over Taiwan
10. Chinese leader asked Biden to prevent Pelosi from visiting Taiwan
11. China must show it’s not an ‘agent of instability’ on Taiwan, US Ambassador to China says
12. Why a Chinese ship’s arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West
13. China pressure deepens Taiwan’s desire for big US weapon systems
14. IntelBrief: The Global Jihadist Movement in a Post-Zawahiri Era
15. US-Taiwan trade deal talks defy China’s warning
16. Russia Increasingly Feeling Sting Of War Behind The Lines
17. Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Are Training On DIY A-10 Warthog Simulators
18. Are extremism and violent crime rising among veterans, or are we just seeing more of it?
19. With ‘bravery’ as its new brand, Ukraine is turning advertising into a weapon of war
20. US political violence is surging, but talk of a civil war is exaggerated – isn’t it?
21. New Tests Prove How Fearsome the MQ-9 Reaper Drone Really Is
22. China Is Preparing To Go To War
23. Russia Has Run Out of Long-Range Missiles to Terrorize Ukraine
24. I’m A Former Member of US Army Special Forces: Russia War in Ukraine Could Be Falling Apart
25. Prof. Pete Pedrozo on “Unpacking the Distinction: One China Principle v. One China Policy”
26. A Duty to Disobey?
27. Why is Michael Hayden trying to validate Trump’s ‘deep state’ conspiracy theory?
28. Demystifying the Art of Assessment & Selection
Korean News Content:
1. Blinken reaffirms U.S. commitment to defend South Korea and Japan
2. N. Korea’s vulgar response to S.Korea’s audacious plan
3. Assistant State Sec. Kritenbrink to visit Seoul next week
4. Kim Yo-jong calls Yoon’s ‘audacious initiative’ repulsive
5. Inter-Korean ties slumping from early days of new S. Korean administration
6. China’s appeal as manufacturing hub is fading real fast (for South Korea)
7. U.N. special rapporteur for N. Korea human rights to visit S. Korea this month
8. S. Korean lawmakers leave for U.S. visit
9. Why do NK refugees take to the stage?
10. How the Rivalry Between China and South Korea May Help America
11. North Korea imports of Chinese masks, gloves surged before it declared COVID victory
12. Kim Jung Un praises military medics after declaring victory over COVID last week
13. Yanggang Province arrests gang that allegedly sold gold from Taebong Mine
14. N. Korean hospitals ordered to create management system for infectious disease-related medical records
15. Infamous Lazarus hacking group targeting Mac users with fake job listings
16. Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo spoke at a ‘Moonies’-affiliated event, despite Japan controversy
17. Suspicious Overseas Remittance Increased to $6.5 Billion, Funds May Have Gone to North Korea
18. North Korea’s elderly, struggling to survive, sell what they can for food
19. Will Pyongyang’s NATO Tirades Pay Dividends?
20. Korean DMZ bike trail makes you forget a hostile frontier is close by
