Small Wars Journal

12/26/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 12/26/2022 - 8:36am

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. China carries out military exercises near Taiwan and Japan, sending 47 aircraft across Taiwan Strait in 'strike drill'
2. Is Japan’s New National Security Strategy A Paradigm Shift? – Analysis
3. TikTok bans on government devices raise questions about platform’s future
4. Chinese fleet of militarised ships ‘a threat to trade’
5. Three substations attacked in Washington state
6. Russia goes to war but Ukrainian resistance wins hearts and minds: 2022 in Review
7. China, Japan up military ante on the Nansei Islands
8. Why China’s attempt to set up more military bases abroad may run into rough weather
9. Biden Escalates The Economic War With China
10. Explained: How Joe Biden repaired America's ties with the world in 2022
11. West Point to remove Robert E. Lee portrait, bust
12. Chinese dark influence coming to light in Thailand
13. Demystifying China’s Role in Sri Lanka’s Debt Restructuring
14. Marcos Jr shows the way to balance US and China
15. Assessing The Network-State in 2050
16. Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine
17. Robert Kagan Peddles the Failed Doctrine of ‘Liberal Hegemony’
18. With ‘Zero Covid,’ China Proved It’s Good at Control. Governance Is Harder.
19. With Record Military Incursions, China Warns Taiwan and U.S.
20. The Last Gasp of Peace: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and the Modern Profession of Arms
 

Korean News Content:

1. Some N. Korean military units shorten training periods due to food shortages
2. S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones
3. Suspected N. Korean drones trespass across border with S. Korea: Seoul officials
4. N. Korean economy down 0.1 pct in 2021 amid prolonged pandemic, sanctions
5. N.Korea-China Trade Grinds to Halt
6. Suspected secret Chinese police base has another branch near Seoul's National Assembly
7. N. Hamgyong Province makes moves to prepare for restart in trade next year
8. N. Korean woman sent to political prison for using Chinese mobile phone
9. [Editorial] Augmenting our response to drone provocations. (ROK)
10. Front lawn of presidential office to open to public in spring
11. S. Korea, Japan hold working-level consultations on wartime forced labor, bilateral issues
12. South Koreans Have the World’s Most Negative Views of China. Why?
13. They Traveled From South Korea. They Got Stranded Near Buffalo.
14. N. Korea urges loyalty to leader Kim ahead of children's union congress
15. The Future Of Korean Diplomacy – OpEd
16. China’s Police Stations Worldwide and a Strange Chinese Restaurant in Seoul