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1/1/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.01.2025 at 09:38pm

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National Security News Content:

1. At Least 10 Killed in New Orleans in What FBI Calls Terrorist Attack
2. How to respond to Russia’s hybrid war on the West? Hybrid counterattack.
3. OSS founder Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan was born OTD 1883
4. Ukraine Advances Killer Robot Drones With More Automation, Efficiency
5. Narrative Intelligence in Internet-Based Military Information Support Operations: A Cyberpsychology Perspective Under the Irregular Warfare Construct
6. Drinking conviction against 2 members of ‘MARSOC 3’ overturned, ending yearslong case
7. Israel’s Spike Firefly Drone is a Master of Urban Warfare
8. NATO gets tougher on hybrid warfare
9. Finland’s seizure of a tanker shows how to fight Russian sabotage
10. Xi Jinping has much to worry about in 2025
11. Syria’s U.S.-trained opposition fighters wait to learn of their role in a new Syria
12. China stirred the Pacific pot, Japan powered up and Aussie AUKUS anxiety emerged: 2024 in review
13. Experts warn Trump’s plan to name cartels ‘terrorists’ could open door to military operations in Mexico
14. When the War on Drugs Goes Too Far: The Cartel Terrorism Fallacy
15. New special trial counsels take over prosecution of major sexual harassment cases from commanding officers
16. The Dogs of (Urban) War: Lessons from Oketz, the Israel Defense Forces’ Specialized Canine Unit
17. The Man Who Almost Changed China
18. Elon Musk has done it: iPhones and Android smartphones can now use his satellites to make calls anywhere on Earth

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea’s exports rise 8.2 pct in 2024 to new annual record
2. N. Korea’s Kim attends art performance celebrating New Year in Pyongyang: KCNA
3. N. Korea briefly reports on Xi’s sending of New Year’s greeting to Kim without details
4. New Posters Produced in DPRK / National Flag-Hoisting Ceremony Held on New Year / Evening Gala of Young People Held in DPRK
5. California’s Rep. Steel May Be Trump’s Ambassador to South Korea
6. Yoon’s senior aides offer to resign after acting president appoints key justices
7. Two more U.S. investigators join on-site probe of Jeju Air crash in Muan
8. Flight data recorder from crashed Jeju Air plane to be sent to U.S. for analysis: ministry
9. JCS chief calls for seamless readiness posture against N. Korean threats
10. [NEW YEAR SPECIAL] South Korea enters 2025 with battered yet resilient democracy
11. Quo vadis, Korea?
12. [NEW YEAR SPECIAL] Social media: new tool for democracy or catalysts of polarization?
13. North Korean Soldiers Fighting With Outdated Weapons, Ukrainian Sergeant Says
14. Elon Musk has done it: iPhones and Android smartphones can now use his satellites to make calls anywhere on Earth
15. In Trump’s words: Fact-checking his claims and their impact on South Korea

About The Author

  • David Maxwell

    David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is a contributing editor to Small Wars Journal.

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