Small Wars Journal

8/5/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 08/05/2023 - 12:12pm

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. China to attend talks on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia that exclude Russia
2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 4, 2023
3. U.S. moves to put Marines on commercial ships to stop Iranian seizures
4. Marine Raiders (MSOC) Complete Exercise Raven | SOF News 
5. Oppenheimer: The Bomb, Morality and Strategy
6. Review | ‘A Compassionate Spy’: Footnote to ‘Oppenheimer’
7. Army's New Enlisted Leader: The Bet a Green Beret Can Lead the Rank and File
8. Opinion: Ukraine Endgame: Policymakers Cite Korea and WWI
9. Poland and Lithuania, on NATO’s eastern flank, warn against ‘provocations’ from Wagner forces in Belarus.
10. This Disinformation Is Just for You
11. Microsoft Exposes Russian Hackers' Sneaky Phishing Tactics via Microsoft Teams Chats
12. The west must match Russia and China in the dark arts of the grey zone
13. Two US Navy sailors arrested on charges of sharing secrets with China
14. Navy Sailors Charged With Allegedly Spying for China
15. Taiwan may get military funds from US, report says
16. Military Justice Reform and Sexual Assault: Now What?
17. The Unpredictable Dictators
18. More Than a Security Pact, the Deal Aims to Transform the Indo-Pacific Order
19. For More Effective Irregular Warfare, Bring Back the MAVNI Recruitment Program
20. War Books: How to Win a Land War in Asia
21. Insurgency Warfare: A Global History to the Present
22. How the U.S. Fumbled Niger’s Coup and Gave Russia an Opening
23. Outlaw Alliance: How China and Chinese Mafias Overseas Protect Each Other’s Interests
24. Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: August
 

Korean News Content:

1. Crypto Heists Funneling Billions to North Korea’s Nuclear Program Attract Senate Scrutiny
2. Russia Is Again Turning to North Korea to Replenish Ammunition Supplies
3. China executes S. Korean drug offender for 1st time in 9 years
4. N. Korea criticizes U.S. weapons package for Taiwan
5. N. Korea considering providing military support to Russia: NSC
6. South Korea Is Sidestepping the Hub
7. The Curious Case of Pvt Travis King – U.S. Serviceman Flees to North Korea
8. <Inside N. Korea> Daycares and preschools stop providing meals due to financial troubles…Parents facing demands for rice and money protest by turning their backs on the schools, sending their kids to neighbors instead
9. US Submarine Provokes Renewed Tensions In Korean Peninsula – OpEd
10. U.S. working to bring Travis King home but N. Korea remains unresponsive: Blinken
11. Ex-U.N. panel coordinator says UNSC 'completely deadlocked' in imposing sanctions against N. Korea
12. US declines to invoke prisoner of war status for Travis King
13.  ‘He told me that if I ran away he would report me to the Chinese police’
14.  The bumpy road toward unification
15. South-North Korea and ARF
16. English proficiency of South Koreans
17. South Korea sets nationwide civil defense drill, citing North's 'provocations'
18. Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: August - KOREA
19. Miracle on Han River, no success without sacrifice