5/15/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power
2. Zelensky Arrives in U.K. for Talks on Military Aid
3. Ukraine’s Zelensky visits Germany, turning a page on fragile ties
4. Joint Declaration by Ukraine and the French Republic
5. Wagner chief offered to give Russian troop locations to Ukraine, leak says
6. Soldiers under ‘enormous strain,’ warns Army’s top enlisted leader
7. Post-withdrawal, no “over-the-horizon” strikes in Afghanistan
8. Putin Can’t Hide This: The Ukraine War Crushed the Russian Military
9. Germany Announces Its Biggest Military Aid Package Yet for Ukraine
10. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 14, 2023
11. Here comes Sky Warden, the crop duster that’s SOCOM’s newest armed overwatch aircraft
12. China sentences elderly US citizen to life in prison on spying charges
13. Zelensky Pledges to Oust Russia From All of Occupied Ukraine
14. Ukraine Hails ‘First Success’ of Advance Around Bakhmut
15. A massive new US embassy complex in a tiny Middle East nation is raising eyebrows
16. Special Operations News Update – May 15, 2023 | SOF News
17. It’s time to put Putin on the defensive
18. Opinion | In Vienna, the U.S.-China relationship shows signs of hope
19. China’s war chest: Beijing’s ‘great wall of steel’ faces obstacles to military supremacy
20. The Opponents of Marine Reform Have Lost, But Won’t Move On
21. EDCA: Illuminating the path to enhanced external defense (Philippines)
22. Philippines’ new military deal with US: Will it tilt power balance in South China Sea?
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Korean News Content:
1. The Rising Tide of Japan-South Korea Relations
2. Sohae Satellite Launching Station: Launch Pad Construction Resumes
3. Kishida wants to open ‘new era of friendship’ with Korea
4. S. Korea’s envoy calls N. Korea’s move to win int’l recognition with nuclear threats ’empty dream’
5. N. Korea slams U.S. for being behind Japan’s military ‘collusion’ with NATO
6. Setting the foundation for future diplomacy (ROK)
7. North Korean Human Rights: Is There Still a Way Forward?
8. [ANALYSIS] What North Korea’s recent silence means for South Korea, US
9. Ukrainian first lady’s visit could pressure Seoul to ship arms to Kyiv
10. N. Korea mobilizes orphaned teenagers to work on Pyongyang housing project
11. N. Korean mother and son arrested after nationwide notice put out for their capture
12. Forced labor victim’s family accepts govt compensation, withdraws legal action against Japanese firm
13. Will foreign policy buoy Yoon’s ratings?
14. Peru is Korea’s gateway to Latin America, says vice FM
15. American couple who took in Korean travelers during snowstorm visit Korea
