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7/17/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Senate Passes Bill to Cancel Funds for Foreign Aid, Public Media
2. China Threatens to Block Panama Ports Deal Unless Its Shipping Giant Is Part of It
3. This New Missile-Defense System Is Challenging the Patriot
4. Nationalist Vigilantes Are Now Policing Russia’s Streets
5. Rep. Jackson Secures Major Victories for TX-13 During the NDAA Markup for Fiscal Year 2026 (USSOCOM and the Irregular Warfare Center)
6. China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S.
7. China’s military expansion in the Southwest Pacific
8. German and U.K. Leaders Meet to Cement Ties as America Steps Back
9. Australian premier Anthony Albanese stresses trade with China in meeting with President Xi Jinping
10. Red Lines and Black Boxes: Iran, Deterrence, and the Weaponization of Uncertainty
11. The Army wants an artillery system that can run offense and defense
12. SM-6 Fired At Target Ship Down Under By U.S. Army’s Typhon Launcher
13. Pentagon seeks to surge its multi-domain drone arsenal
14. President Trump Decreased U.S. Defense Budgets, Here’s The Real Impact
15. Trump’s soft-power retreat scrambles U.S.-China race
16. From Peace to War: Preparing to Adapt
17. China, North Korea and Russia represent biggest security challenge since World War II, Japan says
18. I’m an FBI spy hunter. This threat could destroy us all
19. Targeting at Machine Speed: The Capabilities—and Limits—of Artificial Intelligence
20. Japan’s Defense White Paper Sounds Alarm Over China’s ‘Gray Zone’ Activities
21. Can the Quad Hold the Line on Taiwan?
22. Australia is right not to commit to hypothetical Taiwan conflict
23. Submarine delays sinking US edge in a Taiwan war
Korean News Content:
1. North Korea’s Reopening of Tourism, the South Korean Government’s Hypocrisy, and the Truth About the Information War
2. Seoul states ambition to remove South Korean troops from U.S.-led command structure
3. Samsung Leader Sheds Legal Woes After Yearslong Battle
4. A Year’s Worth of Mascara? Fans of Korean Beauty Stock Up as Tariffs Loom.
5. China, North Korea and Russia represent biggest security challenge since World War II, Japan says
6. South Korean city plans $4 million American war memorial near Camp Humphreys
7. South Korea’s New Naval Base Throws a Jab, But Should Train for a Haymaker
8. How Barack Obama Planned to Destroy North Korea’s Weapons of Mass Destruction
9. China’s Cultural Offensive: How Beijing Is Quietly Reshaping North Korea
10. ‘North Korea is now a more important ally for Russia than Iran or China’
11. Kim Jae-gyu: South Korea is retrying the spy chief who assassinated Park Chung-hee
12. Did former President Yoon try to provoke North Korea to attack?
13. Vice unification minister, UNC deputy commander discuss cooperation
14. N. Korea unveils wreckage of ‘enemy plane’ ahead of 72nd armistice anniversary
15. S. Korea holds 1st regular defense drills around Dokdo under Lee gov’t
16. Editorial: S. Korea must focus on tariffs before OPCON talks
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