12/30/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Army win in Independence Bowl is record-breaking, illogical in today’s college football
2. Fear That China Rules the Waves Jolts U.S. to Pursue Maritime Revival
3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 29, 2024
4. Iran Update, December 29, 2024
5. The secret US soldiers who trained for WWIII by free-falling with a NUKE between their legs
6. Behind the Dismantling of Hezbollah: Decades of Israeli Intelligence
7. Ukraine risks losing all the Russian land it seized within months, US officials say
8. US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office
9. Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war. It unleashed it in Gaza.
10. How America First will transform the world in 2025
11. Syria will never be unified
12. Jimmy Carter: A Declassified Obituary | National Security Archive
13. Inside China’s paramilitary force that could be key in an invasion of Taiwan
14. Unexpected Conscience (China book recommendation)
15. Putin’s presidential plane visit to US sparks questions
16. China sanctions 7 US military companies and relevant executives over arms sales to Taiwan region
17. The Role of Social Media in Facilitating Terrorism: A Growing Threat to Global Security
18. Russia’s hybrid warfare could cause ‘substantial’ casualties, senior NATO official says
19. Japan Cabinet OKs record defense budget as it pushes strike-back capability to deter regional threat
Korean News Content:
1. Anger and Agony in South Korea After Plane Crash-Lands, Killing 179
2. Questions raised on concrete mound at airport of Jeju Air crash
3. Investigators seek arrest warrant for Yoon in first for sitting president
4. S. Korea ranks 11th in defense spending in 2023: report
5. Vice FM asks new Chinese ambassador for his part in building better ties
6. Soldier’s memo suggests North Korea sent convicts to Russia
7. Probing Yoon’s insurrection charges
8. U.S. agencies, Boeing to join Jeju Air probe with Korea set to inspect all 737-800s
9. North Korea building new 3,000-ton frigate possibly with guided missiles, footage suggests
10. Interest in shamanism grows as political turmoil, societal pressures affect Koreans
11. Seoul, US to hold key nuclear deterrence talks next month
12. North Koreans kill themselves to avoid capture by Ukraine: US official
13. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Announces ‘Strongest-Strongest Strategy toward the US’… Expert: “Intention to Highlight Presence Targeting Trump”
14. What North Korea Gains From Its Alliance With Russia — and What It Risks
15. Why South Korea Should Go Nuclear
16. How a Trump defence pick points to focus shift from North Korea to China for US Forces Korea
17. More questions than answers in South Korean passenger jet crash that killed 179, leaving 2 survivors
18. ‘Mayday, Mayday’: The Final Six Minutes Before the Deadly South Korean Plane Crash
