3/28/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 27, 2023
2. Ukraine’s new offensives against Russia will aim to retake territory, inspire hope and reignite Western attention on the war
3. Beijing’s Subversive Political Warfare in the Pacific—and the Need for Greater Engagement by the United States and Taiwan
4. The failure of US unconventional wars – Global Times
5. Fighting Beijing’s long arm of repression
6. Torture and Turmoil at Ukrainian Nuclear Plant: An Insider’s Account
7. The Pentagon’s vaccine imbroglio: where to go from here?
8. IntelBrief: TikTok’s Testimony Troubles
9. US Indo-Pacific Command seeks extra $274 million for cyber
10. AUKUS Success Will Depend on Long-term Political Will, Says Regional Expert
11. US military needs 7th branch just for cyber, current and former leaders say
12. All Talk, No Action on China
13. Elite Army Rangers Train in Hawaii as Pacific Interest Grows
14. Is the Army’s $117 million rebrand dead after Jonathan Majors’ arrest?
15. Why it’s time for the US Army to divest Iron Dome
16. The Iraq War’s Intelligence Failures Are Still Misunderstood
17. At least 50 U.S. government personnel targeted with phone spyware overseas
18. Any perception that China doesn’t affect NATO is invalid
19. America Shrugs, and the World Makes Plans
20. Russia says it test-fired anti-ship missiles in Sea of Japan
21. Japan holds evacuation drills amid Taiwan invasion fear
22. How the US mission in Syria evolved into a proxy war with Iran
23. Agile Ukraine, Lumbering Russia
Korean News Content:
1. U.S. Congress to invite South Korea’s Yoon for address with eye on China
2. N. Korean leader urges more production of weapons-grade nuclear materials; photos of tactical nuclear warheads released
3. N. Korea fires missile 30 minutes before ROK-US joint drill
4. North displays ‘tactical nukes’ as Nimitz arrives in Busan
5. Yoon vows not to give single won to N. Korea if it continues nuclear pursuit
6. Satellite Imagery Reveals New Activity at the Old Waste Site at Yongbyon
7. Onboard USS Nimitz, allies vow ironclad defense
8. North Korea unveils new nuclear warheads as US air carrier arrives in South
9. Yoon calls for full disclosure of N.K. human rights violations
10. S. Korea welcomes U.N. report on N. Korea’s abduction, enforced disappearances
11. S. Korea voices ‘deep regrets’ over Japan’s controversial history textbooks
12. Kim Jong-un Calls for Nuclear Arms Use ‘Anywhere’
13. Japan claims Dokdo, soft-pedals forced labor in textbooks
14. Kim Jong Un Says He Will Expand Production of Nuclear Material
15. China backs summit with South Korea, Japan: envoy
16. Union officials arrested in hunt for North Korean spies
17. Underwater Nuclear Drone: North Korea’s Nuclear Madmen
18. Shedding light on the cruelty of North Korea’s border protection squad, the Storm Corps
19. For founder’s birthday, North Korean cities ordered to decorate streets with flowers
20. Podcast: 121 Korea Reunification by David Maxwell
21. Can the Japan-South Korea rapprochement stick?