12/15/2021 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. The AP Interview: Karzai 'invited' Taliban to stop chaos
2. The best part of the Army-Navy game took place off the football field
3. Putin and Xi Show United Front Amid Rising Tensions With U.S.
4. A Free and Open Indo-Pacific - United States Department of State
5. Japan’s Shinzo Abe warns China: Invasion of Taiwan would be ‘suicidal’
6. China targeted Taipei's allies while U.S. hosted democracy summit -Taiwan foreign minister
7. Marine Corps commandant calls for focus on small forces not just hypersonic weapons to challenge China in the Pacific
8. Liberals ‘Need to Get On the Defense Committees,’ If They Want Change
9. Time to Target Hezbollah’s Illicit Finance Facilitators
10. Blinken Vows More US Military Might in Indo-Pacific
11. Bipartisan lawmakers call on Biden to speed up lethal aid to Ukraine
12. After extraordinary sacrifice, and years of delay, Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor
13. NPS Gains Access to Joint Information Operations Range
14. PLA conducts paratrooper assault exercise with drones: Report
15. Russia shows no sign of retreat on invading Ukraine
16. Blinken cuts overseas trip short due to reporter testing positive for Covid-19
17. U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz says defense bill raises preparedness for threats by China, Russia
18. The Space Force's Critical Lesson for the Rest of the Military
19. Tony Blinken’s Tiny Island Diplomacy
20. America’s Cyber-Reckoning - How to Fix a Failing Strategy
21.  Cold War Warriors Are Gaining The Upper Hand Again – OpEd
22. Biden scores big with democracy summit, stumbles badly on Ukraine

Korean News Content:

1. A Free and Open Indo-Pacific - United States Department of State
2. Kim Jong-un regime ‘strategically’ continuing public executions in isolated areas: NGO
3. More than 80% of expected university graduates to be dispatched as members of “Three Revolution teams”
4. Kim Yong Ju, Brother of North Korea’s Founder, Dies Aged 101
5. Korean War end-of-war declaration agreed in principle: Moon
6. Under Scrutiny, North Korea Tries to Restrict News About Executions - Group
7. North Korea Executes People for Watching K-Pop, Rights Group Says
8. N.Korea Puffs up Kim Jong-un Ahead of Anniversary
9. Forum discusses U.S-China rivalry, North in an election year
10. S. Korea aims to submit application to join CPTPP during Moon presidency: finance minister
11. British 3-star general named deputy chief of U.N. Command
12. Has North Korea changed?
13. [Editorial] US signal on NK
14. Korea, Australia Warn Beijing off South China Sea
15. Seoul named world's best MICE city for 7th consecutive year
16. A Peace Declaration to End the Korean War: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
17. ‘End of war announcement without denuke will bring catastrophic results,’ Young Kim says
18. N. Korea to convene parliamentary meeting in February