1/7/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. USSOCOM Fact Book 2024
2. New World War 2 film’s true story of resistance against Nazis is a Netflix hit
3. Pentagon Labels More Chinese Companies as Military in Nature
4. Green Beret who blew up truck at Trump hotel in Las Vegas took part in Army mental health program
5. The Strange Triumph of a Broken America
6. Stress Test – Can a Troubled Order Survive a Disruptive Leader?
7. Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive 2025 by Mick Ryan
8.Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 6, 2025
9. Iran Update, January 6, 2025
10. How a Tractor Became an ‘America First’ Hybrid Tank Ahead of its Time
11. Bill would make it easier for veterans who signed secrecy oaths for covert ops to obtain back benefits
12. Afghans arrive in the Philippines to complete visa processing for resettlement in US
13. From the bookshelf: ‘The Taiwan Story: how a small island will dictate the global future’
14. Is Trump a Navalist? President-elect Trump tells Hugh Hewitt
15. The first Americans to earn the Distinguished Service Cross were two Army nurses
16. Empowering Change: The Role of Non-Commissioned Officers in Implementing Transformation in Contact
17. Taiwan Says It Suspects a Chinese-Linked Ship Damaged an Undersea Internet Cable
18. Tehran’s proxies are on the back foot. An Iran-Russia defense pact could revive them.
19. The Mayhem of Russia’s “Research” Fleet
20. Leverage Afghan Special Forces to Strengthen US Defense
21. A Clearer Mirror: The Promise of Combat Training Center Data
22. The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
23. Trump Can Keep America’s AI Advantage
24. The Gorgeous, Unglamorous Work of Freedom
25. Taiwan seeks S Korean help investigating Chinese ship suspected of cutting undersea cable
26. Drone discovery in Philippines spurs call for US military expansion
27. Does the US Defense Establishment Need a ‘Paradigm Shift’?
28. ‘Make Korea great again’ (US and China)
Korean News Content:
1. US-South Korean alliance vital for Indo-Pacific security
2. Joseph Yun appointed as US interim ambassador to Korea
3. N. Korea confirms launch of new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile
4. What to know about the siege outside South Korea’s presidential compound
5. #SOUTH KOREA: Yoon gains support.
6. Taiwan seeks S Korean help investigating Chinese ship suspected of cutting undersea cable
7. Blinken warns Russia is close to sharing advanced satellite technology with North Korea
8. N. Korea claims successful test of new intermediate-range hypersonic missile
9. Video Shows North Korean Troops Evicting Russians From Their Homes
10. Main opposition to file complaint against acting President Choi
11. Court grants extension of warrant to detain Yoon
12. Nat’l Assembly’s legal team rejects controversy over removal of insurrection charge in Yoon’s impeachment trial
13. Outgoing top U.S. envoy stresses continued push for N.K. denuclearization
14. Acting president condemns N. Korea’s latest missile provocation
15. Oxford English Dictionary adds 7 Korean words, including ‘dalgona’
16. North Korea’s claim of hypersonic missile launch likely ‘deception’: Seoul
17. The Constitutional Court: Excluding insurrection charges is up to us
18. Strengthening the ROK-US alliance: Navigating challenges and embracing opportunities in the Trump era
19. ‘Make Korea great again’
20. South Korea’s political crisis and Uncle Sam’s silence
