1/31/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. U.S. urged to wage political warfare in China to counter Beijing’s influence activities
2. Marco Rubio: An Americas First Foreign Policy
3. Hamas Turns Hostage Releases Into a Humiliating Spectacle for Israel
4. ‘My hopes were 50-50’: Families await return of 5 Thai hostages released from Hamas captivity
5. Trump Blames DEI, Democrats for Deadly Plane Crash
6. Trump blames DEI, Army pilot error for deadly Black Hawk collision
7. Shocking near miss day before American Airlines plane crash in DC as jet dodges helicopter in midair
8. Control tower at National Airport understaffed before deadly collision
9. Washington Crash Renews Concerns About Air Safety Lapses
10. Top Army aviators were on routine flight when helo collided with jet
11. The West must study the success of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces
12. Ukraine Special Operations Forces and the Lessons Learned for Large-Scale Combat Operations
13. The Tech Revolution and Irregular Warfare: Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Great Power Competition
14. ‘Evil must not win’ — how Ukraine’s female partisans resist Russian occupation
15. Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
16. NDIA POLICY POINTS: How to Best Support Special Operations Forces
17. Pentagon scrambles to block DeepSeek after employees connect to Chinese servers
18. Senators grilled Army secretary nominee for 2 hours. Quality-of-life issues barely came up.
19. Gabbard and Patel hearings display diverging views of reality, history along partisan lines
20. China makes rare-earth discovery: “This changes everything”
21. The Case for Certified Strategic Planners in the U.S. Government
22. Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I’ll return missiles to US
23. Sweden to provide Ukraine with $1.2 billion military aid package
24. US foreign aid freeze is upending global aid and the work of contractors
25. Crimson Moon Rising Part 2 of 4: The Rescue
26. Steel, Sweat, and Silicon: Defense Dominance in the Age of Artificial General Intelligence
27. A Prisoner of War’s Old Fashioned
28. Norway’s government collapses over EU energy dispute
29. Hada Rushed to Hospital for Urgent Care as Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Confirmed
30. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, January 30, 2025
31. Can a Critic of the Deep State Run the Deep State?
Korean News Content:
1. U.S.-led guerrilla unit named as Korean War hero for next month
2. What to Make of Russia’s New Security Agreements
3. Current, former KCTU officials indicted for alleged ties with N. Korean agent
4. S. Korea to send inquiry to China’s DeepSeek over data privacy concerns
5. Ukraine Military Situation Report | North Korean Military Involvement Special Edition
6. Charlotte man accused of helping North Korean regime
7. S. Korea flies its most capable Surion helicopter variant yet
8. Yoon meets senior aides at detention center
9. Court assigns Yoon’s case to criminal division overseeing other martial law cases
10. Spy chief, top security adviser called to testify at Yoon’s impeachment trial
11. Editorial: Are U.S.-South Korea joint military drills at risk again?
12. Gov’t demands parliamentary reconsideration of bill on special counsel probe into Yoon
13. Leaders of N. Korea, Vietnam exchange messages to mark 75th anniv. of diplomatic ties
14. Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Call With Republic of Korea Acting Minister of National Defense Kim Seon-ho
15. North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Facility in Operation… Coolant Discharged
16. Kim Jong Un approves new satellite development plan with Russian cooperation
17. Trump’s landmark deal: Why denuclearization requires a global approach
