Small Wars Journal

9/20/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 09/20/2024 - 10:02am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. A Proclamation on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2024
2. Opinion  The U.S. military’s true advantage against any adversary
3. Pager and walkie-talkie attacks 'will go down in history of irregular warfare'
4. The Lebanon explosions raise a question: Deep into the smartphone era, who is still using pagers?
5. Israel’s clash with Hezbollah strains U.S. effort to prevent wider war
6. Hezbollah Hunts for Security Gaps, Moles as It Reels From Brutal Week
7. Ukraine's victory plan fully ready, Zelensky says
8. Inside the U.S. Army's Most Secretive Unit: The Story of ISA
9. Oops! Army training mislabeled nonprofits as terror groups for years
10. The exploding device attacks dealt a major but not crippling blow to Hezbollah, analysts say
11. The Most Surprising New Gun Owners Are U.S. Liberals
12. Taiwan questions two in probe into Hezbollah pager blasts
13. Secret Service seeks funding boost to address dangerous ‘new reality’
14. Hezbollah’s Pagers and Walkie-Talkies Explode. Now What?
15. Hack of Hezbollah devices exposes dark corners of Asia supply chains
16. Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI
17. A New Era in Sabotage: Turning Ordinary Devices Into Grenades, on a Mass Scale
18. Lessons from the Korean War: Sometimes, an imperfect peace is sweeter than victory  (An Armistice for Putin's War in Ukraine?)
19. Ukraine’s Lessons for the Pentagon By David Petraeus and Andy Yakulis
20. AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships Will Keep Their 105mm Howitzers, For Now
21. Army embraces Ukraine-style warfare with new all-drone unit
22. Leaving No One Behind: A Commitment That Matters Beyond the Military
23. America’s Crisis of Deterrence
24. Question for the candidates: Has Russia's war in Ukraine changed your view of the role of nuclear weapons?
25. How U.S. Cyber Adversaries Are Trying to Undermine the Election
26. Exclusive: US keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise
 

Korean News Content:

1. Yoon says S. Korea can counter N. Korean nuclear threats without its own nukes
2. N. Korea's top envoy to Cuba begins duties, vows to further strengthen ties
3. S. Korea, U.S. to hold regular defense talks to discuss deterrence against N.K. threats |
4. Unification minister urges N. Korea to immediately return detained S. Koreans home
5. S. Korea, Czech Republic agree to team up for full cycle of nuclear energy industry
6. PPP leader stresses closer S. Korea-U.S. alliance in meeting with U.S. ambassador
7. Yoon pledges ‘nuclear energy renaissance’ at Korea-Czech business forum
8. Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions
9. Tongsun Park, key figure in 'Koreagate' scandal, dies at 89
10. <N. Korea Floods>Officials Taking Lead in Recovery Work, Anxious About Being Watched by Residents; Some Officials Punished for Drinking Alcohol
11. Desertions surge in N. Korean army corps, prompting urgent inspection
12. ‘No need for own nuclear weapon’ against North Korea: South Korean president
13. Protests Against Forced Repatriation of North Korean Defectors Planned in 11 Countries
14. Former North Korea Senior Official: “US Not Needed to Lift UN Sanctions on Kim Jong-un”
15. The phrase 'Let's kill all Ukrainians' in the guestbook of Myohyangsan in the North
16. US sanctions five Russian entities for facilitating illicit transactions to DPRK
17. Ex-President Moon accuses Yoon gov't of creating 'most dangerous' state since Korean War
18. PPP slams ex-chief of staff for remarks against unification, cozying up to NK leader
19. ROK-U.S. alliance needs public diplomacy, information campaign aimed at North Korea