Small Wars Journal

3/28/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Aid for Ukraine Benefits the U.S. in More Ways Than One
2. Twilight of the Wonks by Walter Russell Mead
3. Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (CRS Report)
4. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 27, 2024
5. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 27, 2024
6. Ukraine Takes the War to Russia’s Oil Refineries
7. Putin is "losing control" in Russia: Dictator expert
8. Gigantic Ships Are a Danger—and a Lifeline
9. To Thwart Iran, Fight a War of Attrition
10. An America at Risk
11. Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people
12. Majority of Americans now oppose Israeli action in Gaza: Gallup poll
13. The roots of this unofficial Nazi-inspired Army Green Beret logo
14. 17 Books Every Service Member Should Read, According to Troops and Veterans
15. Despite common rhetoric, war with China unlikely in near future
16. America Needs a Dead Hand More than Ever
17. It’s Time for a Comprehensive National Maritime Strategy
18. Press Release: Evaluation of the DoD’s Military Information Support Operations Workforce
19. A Time for Choosing”:  Urgent Action or Continuing Folly (US Alliances)
20. America, Iran, and the Patron’s Dilemma
21. Don’t Betray the Women of Afghanistan
22. Towed artillery has reached ‘end of the effectiveness,’ Army four-star declares
23. American Strategy on the Brink
24. The World’s Unpopular Leaders
 

Korean News Content:

1. Russia's foreign intelligence chief visits N. Korea this week
2. Massive Russian cargo plane linked to missile trade flies to North Korea
3. Launching the U.S.-ROK Enhanced Disruption Task Force
4. U.S., South Korea launch task force to thwart North Korean oil smuggling
5. An America at Risk
6. How Incheon Airport became a logistics hub for China’s e-commerce giants
7. Chinese part of Mt. Paekdu named UNESCO global geopark
8. S. Korean military says no signs of imminent N. Korean satellite launch
9. Sohae Satellite Launching Station: New Activity at the Coastal Launch Pad
10. S. Korean military says no signs of imminent N. Korean satellite launch
11. New US sanctions target North Korean military finances
12. Construction at North Korea’s Kangson Facility: Probable Storage or Offices
13. Contemplating Possible Outcomes and Implications of the South Korean General Election
14. Why ASEAN is South Korea’s lifeline for mediation with the North
15. Why are North Koreans avoiding the upper floors of newly built apartments?
16. N. Korean overseas work candidates warned of consequences of not sharing earnings with government
17. Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation
18. “A Time for Choosing”:  Urgent Action or Continuing Folly (US Alliances)
19. S Korean trade, diplomacy trending away from China
20. The World’s Unpopular Leaders

Dave Maxwell Thu, 03/28/2024 - 9:42am
3/27/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Misinformation runs rampant after Baltimore bridge collapse

2. Unfounded conspiracy theories spread online after Baltimore bridge collapse

3. Exclusive: Former US official's work for Chinese client stirs concern over disclosure loopholes

4. Two Wrongs Making a Right? An  Unconventional Warfare Strategy to Address Illegal Chinese Fishing

5. Small victories: Army Applications Lab issues first progress report

6. Air Force Ospreys in Japan Remain Grounded After Deadly Crash, Even as Marines Return to the Air

7. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 26, 2024

8. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 26, 2024

9. The Fight for AI Talent: Pay Million-Dollar Packages and Buy Whole Teams

10. In a Secret Game of Prisoner Swaps, Putin Has Held Most of the Cards

11. Japan And U.S. Will Deepen Military Ties As Tensions With China Rise

12. The ‘Rules-Based Order’ Is Already Over

13. ‘Mayday’ call from ship stopped Baltimore bridge traffic, saved lives

14. In rare triple, Army, Navy and Air Force wrestlers all earn All-American honors

15. Here’s How Nuclear War Could “Destroy Civilization” in Just a Few Hours

16. U.S. Takes Action to Further Disrupt PRC Cyber Activities

17. Mismanaging of the Unmanageable: China Tries to Play All Sides in Myanmar’s Metastasizing Civil War

18. 'Fighting spirit’: How Myanmar’s resistance is taking new ground

19. Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success

20. Ukraine Secretly Acquired American Black Hawks. No One Knows How It Happened.

21. Who Is Blowing Up Russia?

22. The Return of the Tactical Crisis

23. China's maritime power cause for action and alarm

24. The Shame Weapon: Condemning a Country’s Human Rights Violations Rarely Works—but That Doesn’t Make It Pointless

25. China’s Economic Collision Course

26. Ukrainian F-16s and All NATO Aircraft Should Be Properly Armed with Precision-Guided Cluster Munitions- JSOW and WCMD Weapons

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea images spark nuclear fears

2. Satellite Images Show North Korea’s Increasing Isolation

3. Living with an anti-reunification North Korea

4. U.N. sanctions on North Korea have been losing their bite

5. Human Rights NGO Files Federal Petition to Block Seafood Tied to North Korean Workers

6. S. Korea, U.S. launch task force to block N. Korea's nuclear, missile programs

7. N. Korean, Vietnamese party officials call for boosting bilateral ties

8. Yoon receives JFK Profile in Courage Award from late president's daughter

9. The Shame Weapon: Condemning a Country’s Human Rights Violations Rarely Works—but That Doesn’t Make It Pointless

10. Japan And U.S. Will Deepen Military Ties As Tensions With China Rise

11. Unification minister slams N. Korea's abduction, detention of S. Koreans as inhumane

12. US, ROK launch new task force to counter North Korean oil smuggling

13. Exclusive: Heart of South Korea’s satellite operations breached in cyberattack

14. Why did North Korea walk away from talks with Japan abruptly?

15. Reducing war and nuclear risks on the Korean Peninsula

16. Russia supplies oil to N. Korea in violence of UN sanctions

17. Kangwon Province military unit tests officers’ ideological loyalty

Dave Maxwell Wed, 03/27/2024 - 9:48am
3/26/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. US must establish independent military cyber service to fix 'alarming' problems — report
2. FOLLOW-UP Comments: Army puts drones front and center in unfunded wishlist
3. What Ukraine Needs from NATO
4. Israel Cancels Visit to Washington After U.S. Abstains on U.N. Cease-Fire Resolution
5. Arab Nations Balk at Funding U.N. Aid Agency Vital to Palestinians
6. Why America Is Still Failing in Iraq
7. ‘Duty to warn’ guided US advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen
8. ‘The goal was a massacre on Tel Aviv’: Hamas's full plan for October 7 revealed
9. More upheaval at Pentagon policy shop as top official steps down
10. The Bitter Choices in Fighting Terrorism by Walter Russell Mead
11. China’s Third Plenum Is Long Overdue. That’s a Red Flag.
12. Russia Is Back to the Stalinist Future
13. Is This a Revolution? Or Are People Just Very Ticked Off?
14. Rebel groups kill officials recruiting for Myanmar’s junta
15. The robots are coming: US Army experiments with human-machine warfare
16. Ukraine relies on Starlink for its drone war. Russia appears to be bypassing sanctions to use the devices too
17. Millions of Americans caught up in Chinese hacking plot - US
18. House speaker picks China panel leader to replace Gallagher
19. Organizing to Deter or Prevail in Space Warfare
20. The Indo-Pacific strategy's fatal blind spot
21. Can Startup Culture and Army Culture Coexist? Lessons from the Creation of the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade
22. The biggest threat from China is right under our noses — and on our screens
23. How to keep China out of the Pentagon’s weapons
24. China’s Gray Zone Air Power
25. When Understanding Goes M.I.A: Lost in Metaphors, Idioms, and Analogies
 

 

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea's signals to Japan intended to weaken 3-way cooperation with S. Korea, US
2. S. Korea making diplomatic efforts for extension of U.N. expert panel on N. Korea sanctions
3.  N. Korea refuses all contact, including summit, with Japan
4. U.S. restates importance of dialogue after N. Korea says Kishida seeks summit with Kim
5. Key N. Korean officials pay condolence visit to Russian Embassy in Pyongyang over Moscow attack
6. Ryanggang province restores coronavirus emergency command as cases increase
7. Wagner Group helped smuggle North Korean weapons to Russia: Report
8. South Korea-China Economic Relations: A Comprehensive Approach to Markets, Factories and Supply Chains
9. ‘Impossible’ to gauge North Korean humanitarian need without access: Aid groups
10. North Korean TV censors blue jeans while airing British gardening show
11. Korea’s last Boeing 747 makes its final flight for retirement
12. USFK to be hit with electricity bill hikes this year
13. Experts suggest idea of using S. Korea's 105 mm rounds to support Ukraine
14. Kim Jong-un's threats prompt reflection on Korean identity
15. The Indo-Pacific strategy's fatal blind spot
16. Defense chief urges defense of NLL on anniversary of Cheonan sinking
17. Haste makes waste when it comes to the North

 

Dave Maxwell Tue, 03/26/2024 - 9:58am
3/25/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend

2. Attack on Russian Concert Hall Threatens Putin’s Strongman Image

3. What Would You Have Israel Do to Defend Itself?

4. In fiscal 2025, bet on Congress or begin to pivot

5. ISIS Affiliate Linked to Moscow Attack Has Global Ambitions

6. Special Operations News - March 25, 2024 | SOF News

7. US and Japan plan biggest upgrade to security pact in over 60 years

8. Army puts drones front and center in unfunded wishlist

9. Is Al-Qaeda Now In Moscow? – OpEd

10. Thailand starts aid deliveries to Myanmar under plan aimed at managing conflict

11. Indo-Pacific Command to Harness AI for Operational Planning

12. With Eyes on China, US Special Operators Are Back to Battling the Jungle

13. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan This Year? Maybe Not

14. ‘It’s Causing Them to Drop Out of Life’: How Phones Warped Gen Z

15. The Institution or the Constitution (COVID and the Military)

16. The Great Escape: Welshman inspired Steve McQueen role

17. Everything, Everywhere, All at Once? Cyberspace Operations and Chinese Strategy

18. The Icarus Trap: Arrogance, Misperception, and the U.S. Invasion of Iraq

19. The Tyranny of Expectations

20. Putin’s Hidden Weakness

Korean News Content:

1. Sirens Sound, Anxieties Rise on Tiny Island Near North Korean Shores

2. Inside a Top-Secret U.S. Military Bunker as North Korea Tensions Rise

3. US and Japan plan biggest upgrade to security pact in over 60 years

4. Kim Jong-un inspects tank unit, first to enter Seoul during Korean War

5. N.K. leader's sister says Japan's PM proposed summit with Kim

6. Editorial: Opposition leader’s remark ‘what does Cross-Strait issue have to do with Korea?’ sparks concerns

7. Minister calls on U.S. Congress to back Seoul's unification vision

8. N. Korean official calls for boosting ties with China

9. ‘If Trump wins, Yoon may be pushed aside in US talks with North Korea’

10. UN investigating claims of rampant North Korean wildlife trafficking in Africa

11. US delays vote to extend UN sanctions panel on North Korea

12. N. Korea orders delay in discharge of troops in tank, artillery, and communications units

13. North Korea’s markets see rise in imported feminine hygiene products

14. Anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit returns home from deployment

15. Breakaway parties roil South Korea’s two-party system

Dave Maxwell Mon, 03/25/2024 - 9:38am
Frontera: A Journey across the US-Mexico Border

Frontera: A Journey across the US-Mexico Border, a new illustrated book chronicling the US−Mexico frontier, has been released.  The text by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a SWJ−El Centro Fellow and Sergio Chapa, a freelance journalist and oil and gas expert, examines social, cultural, political, and security situation along the US-Mexico border from the Rio Grande Valley to the Pacific Ocean, stoping at border towns and cities along the way. 

Frontera

Publisher's description:

Following the border formed by the Rio Grande and moving cross-country to the Pacific Ocean, Frontera is a lavishly illustrated book that offers a comprehensive examination of the nearly two thousand-mile border shared by the United States and Mexico. The region has a reputation for being a dangerous place, with US Border Patrol and Mexican authorities playing cat and mouse with smugglers and undocumented migrants, and with drug cartels inflicting unspeakable violence on the region. Frontera takes an unblinking look at those dangers, but it goes beyond stereotypes and offers the reader vivid portraits of the beauty and complexity of the area—its history, its contemporary attractions, its rich cultural life. Moving through thirty-eight municipalities on the Mexican side and twenty-four counties in the US, Frontera includes maps, key cities, points of interest, border crossings, festivals, local cuisines, and more, along with analyses of local politics and security issues. Despite its troubles, the US-Mexico border is a beautiful place, the home of welcoming and warm people. It is a land of contrasts—austere landscapes and lush oases, thunderstorms and rainbows in the desert, robust industry and ghost towns, great wealth and aching poverty. Frontera is both a feast for the eyes and an encyclopedic reference that offers readers a clear-eyed perspective on a subject of critical importance to the United States and its southern neighbor.

Co-author Sergio Chapa describes the book in his article "Border Angels and Magic Moments" at the Texas Observer (26 January 2024). 

Source: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera and Sergio ChapaFrontera: A Journey across the US-Mexico Border. Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2024 (Hardcover,  516 pages). 

ZFTWARNING Sun, 03/24/2024 - 5:27pm
3/24/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Harvard Seniors Split on 2024 Commencement Speaker Maria Ressa
2. Let’s Say Someone Did Drop the Bomb. Then What?
3. Is Nuclear Deterrence Ethical and Legal? by Sir Lawrence Freedman
4. China’s Dispute With Taiwan Is Playing Out Near This Frontline Island
5. Taiwan Declares Chinese Social Media App TikTok A National Security Threat
6. The secret operation to hold elections in occupied Mariupol
7. As China prepares to invade Taiwan, US forces are about to combat-test a vital weapon
8. U.S. Army Seeking Retirees To Come Back To Work Amid Manpower Crisis
9. Ukraine's Patriot kills of Russian planes and missiles have turned a US air-defense weapon with a troubled past into a hero
10. Clausewitz, the Culminating Point of Victory, and Israel’s Perilous Rafah Operation
11. The Age of the M1 Abrams Tank Is Coming to an End
12. Large Language Models’ Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage
13. Ukraine: Russian strikes in Kyiv facilitated by US sat-data purchase
14. Foreign governments stand with Philippines after latest incident in Ayungin Shoal
15. Two Russian Black Sea fleet ships hit in "massive" Crimea strike
16. The Bolduc Brief: Afghanistan Revisited- Lessons from a General’s Perspective
17. India Emerges 'World’s Biggest' Military Training Partner Of U.S. As Both Look To Check 'Hostile' China
18. The disinformation war has taken a toll, but researchers feel a shift ahead of 2024 election
19. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 23, 2024
20. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 23, 2024

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea, China commit to bolster ties in high-level Beijing talks
2. U.S. lawmakers to visit S. Korea this week: sources
3. N. Korean leader sends condolences to Putin over Russian concert hall shooting
4. ROK, U.S. commandos at Freedom Shield 24 prepare for the unexpected
5. It’s in China’s best interest to rein in a nuclearised North Korea
6. Bad News: South Korea Guts KF-21 Fighter Order By Half
7. Denuclearization and humbleness
8. Funding squeeze for Japan’s North Korean schools over propaganda concerns
9. Harrowing film on North Korean escapees, snubbed by Oscars, hits hard in Seoul
10. The dark side of N. Korea’s efforts to speedily complete housing projects

Dave Maxwell Sun, 03/24/2024 - 12:02pm
3/23/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. How US forces can adopt Ukraine’s unconventional multidomain approach

2. U.S. Warned About Possible Moscow Attack Before Concert Hall Shooting

3. US had warned Russia ISIS was determined to attack

4. ISIS claims responsibility for attack in busy Moscow-area concert venue that left at least 40 dead

5. Russia's lies helped persuade Niger to eject US troops, AFRICOM says

6. Opinion | Don’t defund the fight against Russia and China’s disinformation

7. Army 4-Star Who Pressured Panel to Help Career of Unfit Officer Suspended, Facing Pentagon Investigation

8. Experts war-gamed what might happen if deepfakes disrupt the 2024 election. Things went sideways fast.

9. U.S. Gaza ceasefire resolution vetoed by China, Russia at UN Security Council

10. Death Toll in Attack at Russian Concert Hall Tops 110 as Suspects Detained

11. USS Eisenhower strike group locked in unrelenting fight at pace unseen in decades

12. Marine wargames offer a look at the future — and fuel dissent

13. Pentagon uses China-owned tutoring company that could weaponize military data, GOP lawmakers say

14. There is no ‘axis of evil’

15. EDITORIAL: Partners can help over-stretched US

16. The War Against Force Design 2030 Is Hurting the Marine Corps

17. Robots Are Entering the Ukraine Battlefield

18. US denies reports of troops on China's doorstep

19. A Defining Moment for America's Role in the World

20. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, March 22, 2024

21. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 22, 2024

22. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 22, 2024

23. U.S. warnings preceded deadly Moscow attack; ISIS claims responsibility

24. Conservative Liberalism's Many Lives

25. Growing Lethal Drone Threat is a ‘Scourge,’ Says U.S. SOCOM Commander

26. A Transition to War for the Arsenals of Democracies

Korean News Content:

1. Beijing's senior party official stresses steadfast ties with Pyongyang

2. N. Korea's ruling party delegation embarks on trip to China, Vietnam, Laos

3. North Korea pulls out of hosting a 2026 World Cup qualifier

4. Korea expresses ‘deep regret’ over historical inaccuracies in Japanese textbooks

5. 'Gold badges' are for ex-convicts and people with pro-N. Korea stances

6. Govt. agencies probed for alleged neglect in NK guard post verification

7. S. Korea summons Japanese envoy to protest historical distortion in textbooks

8. Understanding Trump’s Foreign Policy (and how to deal with it) - Korea Economic Institute of America

9. US ally issues ominous warning to North Korea

10. The U.S. Election and South Korean Anxieties

11. The 2024 IC Annual Threat Assessment: Analytic Authority and Policy Relevance

12. What's behind South Korea's K-pop crisis?

13. US denies reports of troops on China's doorstep

Dave Maxwell Sat, 03/23/2024 - 12:00pm
3/22/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 21, 2024
3. U.S. admiral refutes report of special forces permanently stationed in Kinmen
4. U.S. Ratchets Up Pressure on Israel With a Vote Friday on Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N.
5. China’s Public Wants to Make a Living, Not War
6. Immigration Is Helping the U.S. Edge Out Asia
7. American Military-Civil Fusion at Risk with the Loss of the Shift Fellowship
8. The Case Against TikTok Is Thin at Best
9. Monthly bonuses for junior troops included in defense budget plan
10.'2054' Is a Novel of the New Atomic Bomb and the Next American Civil War
11. A Japanese Osprey takes flight nearly 4 months after fatal Air Force crash
12. Command Sgt. Maj. JoAnn Naumann: ‘I pushed until I got the opportunities’
13. Indo-Pacific Command to test prototype of Joint Fires Network this year
14. Use 'hedge forces' to break the Pentagon's force-structure death spiral
15. Army Writing and the Zombie (Noun) Apocalypse
16. Food Weaponization Makes a Deadly Comeback
17. China’s Xi Jinping to Meet U.S. CEOs in Beijing Next Week
 

Korean News Content:

1. USFK commander points out S. Korea's defense production capabilities for contingency logistics support
2. U.S. official notes Korean firms' move not to sell used chip equipment to China as 'encouraging'
3. Bolton says Trump wants to be treated like N. Korean leader Kim
4. Yoon warns N. Korea of 'larger price' for 'reckless' provocation
5. 'Beyond Utopia' captures 2 defector families' harrowing odyssey in documentary
6. Korean Air to order 33 Airbus A350 Aircraft
7. 100,000 North Koreans work abroad, earning US$500 million a year: UN
8. ‘In rhythm every day’: Annual review places Camp Humphreys commissary best in class
9. High level North Korean delegation visits China
10. <Inside N. Korea> Implementation of the large-scale restructuring of trading companies(2) Trading companies criticized for becoming run like "personal property" and for corrupt activities.
11. N. Hamgyong Province’s crackdown on generators causes panic
12. Dedicated Dodgers fans visit Korea and DMZ, hope to score tickets to season opener
13. U.S. and Republic of Korea to Negotiate Cost-Sharing
14. Ohtani Brings Koreans, Japanese Together at MLB Opener in Seoul

Dave Maxwell Fri, 03/22/2024 - 9:31am
3/21/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. U.S. Special Operations Officials Underscore Continued Role in Deterring Conflict
2.  Full Committee Hearing: U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region
3. Building upon McRaven’s Foundation: Operational and Strategic Principles of Special Air Operations
4. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 20, 2024
5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 20, 2024
6. A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military
7. U.S. vs Russian "Hybrid Warfare" Doctrine: A Comparative Glance
8. The War in Ukraine After The Russian Election by Mick Ryan
9. US TikTok Ban a Flashpoint in US-China Cyberwar
10. America Is Sliding Toward Chinese-Style Capitalism
11. Innocents and War: Contemporary Reflections, Permanent Dilemmas
12. Taiwan and US are playing dangerous game off Quemoy
13. A Mexican Drug Cartel’s New Target? Seniors and Their Timeshares
14. The One Idea That Could Save American Democracy
15. Senior leaders worry DOD pay models don’t reflect demands on troops
16. BE ALL WE CAN BE: RECLAIMING THE ARMY IDENTITY
17. ‘Ghost Army’ that fooled Hitler will receive Congress’s highest honor
18. Risch on SFRC Passage of Unqualified State Department Nominees
19. Russian Electronic Warfare: From History to Modern Battlefield
20. Special operations face growing demand amid potential cuts, top commander says
21. Naval Special Warfare 8 commodore relieved due to ‘loss of confidence’
22. China's grey-zone provocations: Time to reciprocate
23. The Attritional Art of War: Lessons from the Russian War on Ukraine
24. The fallacy of soft power
25. A More European NATO
26.Learning from the War on Terror
27. U.S. to review Israeli assurances it is not violating international law
28. Delay, Disrupt, Degrade: Mine Warfare in Taiwan’s Porcupine Defense
29. How the US Neoliberal Shift Fed China’s Rise

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. must continue to invest in 28,500 American troops in S. Korea: USFK commander
2. Full Committee Hearing: U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region
3. Explore Pacific Forum's Insightful Indo-Pacific Analysis
4. 'Malicious' N.K. cyberactivities account for half of foreign currency income, fund WMD programs: UN report
5. S. Korea, U.S. agree to form consultative body to address N. Korea's oil smuggling
6. Are Sanctions Worsening Conditions for North Koreans?
7. North Korean citizens ordered to provide cloths for soldiers to wrap their feet
8. China may try to influence South Korea's general elections: experts
9. Son of S. Korean missionary detained in N. Korea urges int'l support for repatriation
10. Russian troupe performs 'Sleeping Beauty' in Pyongyang
11. Much fewer N. Korean soldiers will participate in live-fire drills this year
12. NK's illicit cyber activities fund 40% of WMD program: UN report
13. USFK chief says U.S. should maintain 28,500 troops in Korea amid Trump fears
14. Dior can't confirm authenticity of handbag of Kim Jong-un's sister
15. North Korean clones of US drones show Kim’s ambitions, Aquilino says
16. Battling the Numbers: South Korea’s Military Downsizes Amid Challenging Demographic Landscape
 

Dave Maxwell Thu, 03/21/2024 - 8:46am
3/20/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Symbolism or Strategy? Ukraine Battles to Retain Small Gains.
2. Afghanistan withdrawal errors came despite military concerns
3. The senators who could fill Trump’s national security cabinet
4. With pause in US aid, Ukraine’s allies rally to ponder what’s next
5. Uncle Sam’s Guide to Peace and Prosperity
6. Israel Has Killed a Top Hamas Commander in Gaza. It Took Five Months.
7. There will be no ‘short, sharp’ war. A fight between the US and China would likely go on for years.
8. The ‘Lost Decade’ of the US Pivot to Asia
9. The Air Force's Dream of Mounting a Laser Weapon on an AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship Is Dead
10. Army General Pressured Assessment Panel to Help Career of 'Ineffective' Officer
11. “Disabling cyberattacks” are hitting critical US water systems, White House warns
12. The U.S. Military's New Defense Budget Makes No Sense
13. Huge claim about origins of Covid-19 by leading Aussie epidemiologist
14. Only One-Third of Military Families Would Still Recommend Service, Blue Star Families Survey Finds
15. Taiwan Acknowledges Presence of U.S. Troops on Outlying Islands
16. US military hit with embarrassing report exposing failings and vulnerability to China
17. Pacific force’s wish list seeks $11 billion more than defense proposal
18. SOCOM Cuts Armed Overwatch Buy from 75 to 62 Aircraft
19. Opinion | Ukrainians have a message for Mike Johnson
20. Guam defense tops INDOPACOM's unfunded priorities, NORTHCOM wants more IT
21. Fast food or the military? Recruiting solutions overlook the obvious
22. Two ways to fix Army recruiting
23. Revisiting the Tanker War
24. Swarm Clouds on the Horizon? Exploring the Future of Drone Swarm Proliferation
25. The Creeping Politicization of the U.S. Military
26. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 19, 2024
27. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 19, 2024

Korean News Content:

1. Expert proposes new unification strategies based on existing formula
2. N. Korea conducts ground engine test for new hypersonic missile
3. US hinting at 'interim steps' with NK doesn't indicate policy shift: experts
4. US lawmaker notes S. Korea’s primary concern on NK threats in Taiwan contingency
5. HII is Awarded $305 Million Contract to Protect U.S. Regional Interests in the Republic of Korea
6. Experts say NK's ground engine test for new hypersonic missile may still need improvement
7. North Korea’s Latest Missile Test May Be Show for Exports to Russia
8. North Koreans shocked as Cuba establishes ties with South Korea
9. With little leverage over North Korea, U.S. military drills hold key to negotiations
10. N. Korean infants not properly vaccinated: unification minister
11. What we know about Kim Ju Ae’s chances for succession so far
12. N. Korea tightens security around weapons factories to prevent information leaks
13. Kim Jong Un appears to have piled on the pounds after losing weight
14. N. Korea orders Russia-based companies to restrict workers’ contact with S. Koreans
15. South Korea Can Be a Democratic Leader
 

Dave Maxwell Wed, 03/20/2024 - 9:37am