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1. Opinion | I was a combat interpreter in Afghanistan, where cultural illiteracy led to U.S. failure
2. U.S. Spies Didn’t Cause Kabul to Fall
3. Notable & Quotable: Jim Webb on Kabul
4. Opinion | Facts are finally starting to penetrate bad Afghanistan punditry
5. ‘The normal military rules are out’ — How veterans helped rescue scores of people from Afghanistan
6. Marine Corps Commandant Wants Review of Afghanistan Evacuation
7. Opinion | Here’s what the media got completely wrong on Afghanistan
8. Lawmakers Ask About Past Blame, Future Security in Afghanistan In Policy Bill
9. White supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials
10. Secretary of Defense Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley Press Briefing
11. Special operators are already dealing with a shady piece of Chinese technology the US has been warning about
12. North Korea warns of ‘preemptive strike capabilities’ following US-South Korea military drills
13. Twenty First Century Silk Road: China, the West and The Global Infrastructure Scramble
14. Taiwan Warns China Can ‘Paralyze’ Island’s Defenses in Conflict
15. 'Everybody screwed up': Blame game begins over turbulent U.S. exit from Afghanistan
16. Majority of Interpreters, Other U.S. Visa Applicants Were Left Behind in Afghanistan
17. U.S. consular officials at Kabul airport struggled with surging crowds and painful choices
18. General acknowledges 'others' killed in drone strike targeting ISIS car bomb
19. How the Taliban Exploited Afghanistan’s Human Geography
20. China's Type 003 aircraft carrier to increase area-denial capabilities around Taiwan
21. The Lion and the Mouse: The Need for Greater U.S. Focus in The Pacific Islands
22. Why Do We Keep Using Stupid War Slogans to Talk About War?
23. The Return of Great-Power Proxy Wars
24. To Compete with China, Take a Page from the Reagan Playbook
25. House panel advances $778B defense bill
26. The Washington Blob on Video
27. The Withdrawal From Afghanistan Should Make Us Reflect on America's True Failure Since 9/11
28. The CIA Spy Who Reinvented the Travel Guide
29. Analyzing the Afghanistan disaster (Part I): Was President Biden bound by the Trump administration’s agreement with the Taliban?
30. The dawn of America’s latest (“forever”?) conflict: the Over-the-Horizon War of 2021
 

Korean News Content:

1. US extends ban on American passports for travel to NKorea
2. Experts: N. Korea May Be Pushing Biden for Nuclear Deal Trump Rejected
3. Trump-era ban on travel to North Korea extended
4. USFK commander calls for more achievements after summertime Korea-U.S. exercise
5. Highly enriched uranium is the key to N. Korea’s nuclear capability, says expert
6. N. Korean troops observed at Pyongyang airfield in possible sign of military parade preparations: sources
7. Military plans more tech, fewer soldiers
8. UN's Scathing Letter over Press Gag Bill Revealed
9. New cost-sharing deal takes effect for stationing US troops in South Korea
10. North Korea sticking to its ambition to be recognised as a nuclear-armed state
11. Eight young people in Musan County put on trial for imitating characters in S. Korean TV programs and films
12. Two North Korean Children Kidnapped by Desperate, Hungry Citizens
13. ＜Interview with a North Korean woman＞ Women Revolt Against Their Husbands. Coronavirus Changes Marriage Relationship.
14. In South Korea, Afghan Evacuees Find Hope in Their New 'Special Merit' Status
15. How Using a Cell Phone Got a North Korean Woman Arrested for Spying
16.  The chimera of a unified Korea

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National Security News Content:

1. Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal
2. Reinforcing U.S. Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific After the Fall of Afghanistan
3. Biden's Afghanistan fiasco is a disaster for Asia
4. Why doesn't the U.S. win wars anymore?
5. Biden Plays the Long Game as He Justifies the End of the ‘Forever War’
6. The Two Blows America Is Dealing to the Taliban
7. Opinion | The U.S. government left its own journalists behind in Afghanistan
8.  Oklahoma congressman threatened embassy staff as he tried to enter Afghanistan, US officials say
9. Opinion | Joe Biden’s Critics Lost Afghanistan
10. The Story Of The Mysterious White 727 That Appeared In Kabul After The Bombing Of Abbey Gate
11. Secret Gate Used By Special Operators To Sneak Evacuees Into Kabul's Airport
12. China cuts amount of time minors can spend on online games
13. Explaining the globalist dimensions of Chinese nationalism
14. Taliban members escorted Americans to gates at Kabul airport in secret arrangement with US
15. Taliban offered US chance to secure Kabul after Ghani fled country
16. Creating American hostages, abandoning Afghan allies
17. When the Refugees Landed
18. The US Appears More Dumber Than Dumb – OpEd
19. Opinion | Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan took real courage

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. defense bill for 2022 may not ensure minimal troops in Korea
2. UN criticizes Korean ruling party's push for 'fake news' bill
3. September: An important month for inter-Korean relations
4. Google hits wall in Korea, says will comply with local rule
5. U.S. legislators hail South Korea’s move to curb Apple and Google’s app-store dominance
6. Gov't Delays Press Gag Bill as Int'l Pressure Mounts
7. Ministry of State Security arrests phone user in Hoeryong, exiling her family and confiscating her house
8. U.S. remains firmly committed to dialogue with N. Korea: S. Korean envoy
9. Gov't Calls for 'Humanitarian Aid' as N.Korea Restarts Nuclear Reactor
10. The Latest: North Korea proposes Sinovac shots go elsewhere
11. North Korea Ramps Up Nuclear Weapons Production
12. Kim Jong Un is slimmer than ever in new photos
13. Why is North Korea reheating its nuclear program?
14. North Korea and China vow to strengthen cooperation on their border
15. New Han River bridge opens in Seoul
 

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National Security News Content:

1. Last Flight From Kabul
2. State Department vows to evacuate Americans, allies from Afghanistan after military exit
3. U.S.’s Pledge to Fight Terrorists in Afghanistan Will Be Harder Without Boots on the Ground
4. How Turf Wars Mucked Up America’s Exit From Afghanistan
5.  6 Naval Task Groups From U.S., U.K., India, Japan and Australia Underway in Pacific
6. SAS unit vows to avenge fallen Marine comrades
7. Osama bin Laden’s security chief triumphantly returns to hometown in Afghanistan
8. Russia and China Eye a Retreating U.S.
9. Analysis | No, the Taliban did not seize $83 billion of U.S. weapons
10. Perspective | Five myths about the Taliban
11. As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain
12. The Last U.S. Military Plane Has Left Kabul. What’s Next for Americans, Afghans Left Behind?
13. 90 retired generals and admirals call for Austin and Milley to resign
14. For Biden, ‘forever war’ isn’t over, just entering a new, perilous phase
15. Inside the Final Hours at Kabul Airport
16. A Required Course for Americans: Strategic Failure 101
17. House defense bill targets Chinese influence operations
18. DoD planned to spend billions on Afghan security forces. This group has a suggestion for those funds
19. Dueling Dyads: Conceptualizing Proxy Wars in Strategic Competition
20. Afghan Resistance Smashes Taliban; Kills 85 & Captures 7 In Afghanistan's Andarab

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. continues to seek dialogue with N. Korea: White House
2. White House still waiting to engage Pyongyang
3. Online Shopping for Nukes? Tune Into a North Korean Military Parade.
4. Old Enemies, New Friends: Repairing Japanese-Korean Relations and Moving to a Networked Approach Towards America’s Alliance
5. Facing food shortages, Storm Corps pilfer government storage facilities
6. North Korean leader urges young ex-convicts to become 'kindling spark' for national development
7. N.Korea Sends Young Elite into Internal Exile
8. Google, Apple Hit by First Law Threatening Dominance Over App-Store Payments
9. Pyongyang’s gambit over Yongbyon won’t help up the ante
10. South Korean democracy slowly eroding away
11.  Int'l Condemnation Mounts of Attempts to Gag Press
12. Don’t sugarcoat it: Why candor is the best policy with North Korea
13. S. Korea, U.S. launch joint Korean War remains excavation project near DMZ
 

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National Security News Content:

1. The new Lt Col Stuart Scheller, USMC video
2. How Afghanistan Changed a Superpower
3.  Opinion | What Trump’s Disgraceful Deal With the Taliban Has Wrought. by Kori Schake
4. Keep the ‘Pineapple Express’ Rolling
5. Opinion | The Road to Recovery From Afghanistan Is a Familiar One
6. Trapped in Afghanistan, Rescued by Volunteers: How a Handful of Americans Freed 5,000 Afghans
7. There's chaos and risk in Afghanistan exit, but Biden critics are getting it mostly wrong
8. Overwhelming bipartisan support for keeping troops in Afghanistan until all Americans, Afghans who aided US out: POLL
9. An Iowa town goes to battle for Afghan immigrant
10. American University of Kabul students and alumni trying to flee were sent home.
11.  Americans Back Afghanistan Withdrawal, Lament Chaotic Exit
12. White House: US has capacity to evacuate remaining Americans
13. Ukrainian troops rescue Canada-bound Afghans in daring operation
14. US defense system downed rockets in Kabul attack
15. Before the Taliban took Afghanistan, it took the internet
16. Op-Ed: A U.N. peacekeeping mission could make all the difference in Afghanistan. Here’s why
17. Comprehensive Security Approach in Response to Russian Hybrid Warfare
18. The bell tolls for us in Kabul
19. RT America received more than $100 million in Russian government funding since 2017, filings show
20. An Assessment of Capability Gaps that Contribute to Fighting Below the Threshold of War
21. The UK is considering incorporating Afghan special forces evacuated from Kabul into the British army
22. Abandoned And Alone: Lamenting The US-Australian Alliance – OpEd
23. Opinion | America’s Military Is Too Big for America’s Good
24. US trained Khashoggi's killers. A review of all military training programs is necessary
25. You Are Living in the Golden Age of Stupidity

Korean News Content:

1.  North Korea Appears to Have Restarted Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor
2. Yongbyon nuclear reactor appears to be in operation: IAEA report
3. Korea, US and Afghan withdrawal
4. Opinion | Engage North Korea, but hold it accountable
5. 'Don't mention 3Ts': Confucius Institutes endanger academic freedom in Korea
6. Rumors suggest Kim Jong Un may have gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 back in May
7. N.Korea Sends Young Elite into Internal Exile
8. Like It or Not, the South Korea-US Alliance Is Changing
9. N. Korea denounces S. Korea, U.S. over joint military drill, vows to strengthen war deterrence
10. IAEA report puts pressure on Seoul's bid to restart peace initiative
11. Shut the Yongbyon facility
12. Brokering US-North Korea dialogue: Breaking away from 'you first' attitudes
13. Apology from intelligence chief (South Korea)
14. Kim Jong Un vows to be prepared for dialogue, confrontation with US
15. North Korea stresses close relations with Cuba on 61st anniversary of diplomatic ties

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