12/14/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News:

1. How a $901 Billion Plan Changes U.S. Military Policy
2. Should China Be Reassured by Trump’s National Security Strategy?
3. Inside the very tense, very wet secret mission to get María Corina Machado out of Venezuela
4. A velvet reset: Trump’s new strategy hands China breathing space
5. Michael Anton and the Secret National Security Strategy
6. The enemy within – How Europe should respond to Trump’s National Security Strategy by Sir Lawrence Freedman
7. Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for the Demise of the West
8. The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
9. U.S. Presses Other Countries to Send Troops to Gaza, but None Have Stepped Forward Yet
10. America’s Pharmaceutical Dependence on China Is a National Security Crisis
11. They Droned Back – Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
12. Pax Silica Summit
13. More reasons for America’s friends to plan for the worst
14. Reading the 2025 National Security Strategy Through Mead’s Four Traditions
15. The ‘Trump Corollary’ in the US security strategy brings a new focus on Latin America – but it is a disordered plan
16. Trans-Siberian Rail poised for pivotal role In Russia-US Projects
17. Echoes of 1940: Learning from an Ally at War and Preparing the U.S. for the Next Fight
18. Free and Open Indo-Pacific 4.0 under Prime Minister Takaichi?
19. China’s ‘Low-Human-Rights’ Advantage
20. The shadow of war is at our door: Inside the new UK spy centre battling Russia
21. The Wisdom of Keith Richards at 82

Korean News:

1. Nat’l Assembly passes bill allowing police to intervene in anti-N.K. leaflet launches
2. Seoul, Washington diverge over joint drills as Korea signals flexibility, US stresses readiness
3. U.S. Department of Defense Becomes Shareholder in Korea Zinc
4. For young Koreans, ‘American dream’ is fading as realities set in
5. U.S. Air Force completes recovery operation of crashed MQ-9 drone
6. Chinese Drone Exports to North Korea Flout UN Sanctions
7. Unification Minister Asserts Lead in U.S. North Korea Policy
8. USFK chief outlines key conditions for OPCON transition
9. NCG statement removes all mentions of North Korea
10. N. Korea completes building 2nd modern regional hospital
11. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Hospitals rebuilt on Kim Jong-un’s orders, but… “Not a single proper bed. X-ray machine broken due to voltage issues” — Musan County
12. Presidential security service vows to minimize public inconvenience following relocation to Cheong Wa Dae
13. N. Korean youth resist order to end side hustles, with women saying ‘might as well get married instead’
14. North Korea installs thermal cladding at Yongbyon reactor to block satellite heat detection
15. N. Korean consulate vans transport false eyelashes and wigs to bypass Dandong customs inspections

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