2/6/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Every President Has a Foreign Policy. Trump Has Five.
2. Elon Musk and his DOGE: Fixing government or dismantling the Constitution?
3. Trump resistance? A 1940s US sabotage manual goes viral
4. Elon Musk’s Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink’s Contracts in Ukraine
5. White House says it will cancel $8 million in Politico subscriptions after a false right-wing conspiracy theory spreads
6. Like it or not, the rules-based order is no more
7. A trade war could crash China Trump’s timing couldn’t be worse for Beijing
8. Elon Musk Reportedly Has a Huge Conflict of Interest Motivating Him to Gut USAID
9. They lived through Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Now, they have advice for federal government employees
10. Waging a Good Fight: Strategic Nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement
11. Lawmakers Push to Ban DeepSeek App From U.S. Government Devices
12. Largest US intelligence agencies press employees to resign
13. White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
14. DOGE Births a Counterintelligence Disaster
15. West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump’s DEI policies
16. Trump nominates Air Force veteran to oversee special operations forces
17. Pentagon Caught Flat-Footed on Trump’s Bombshell Proposal to Seize Gaza, Potentially with US Troops
18. China’s Trump Strategy
19. A World Safe for Prosperity
20. What DeepSeek just pulled off — and why space tech should worry
21. Lessons from the Frontlines: Ukrainian SEAD Operations and Their Implications for Western Special Operations Forces
22. It’s Time to Ditch Huntington
23. USAID Should Be Retooled, Not Destroyed
24. Sen. Joni Ernst warns of ‘willful sabotage’ at USAID, cites millions in funding for Wuhan lab, terrorists and more
25. The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
Korean News Content:
1. North Korea’s new map shows state of confrontation with South
2. UN report accuses NK of home searches, execution by firing squad for possessing outside info
3. Global Peace Foundation’s Moon: Unification key to overcoming Korea’s partisan divide
4. National Unification and the Role of Young Seniors (Korea and Romania)
5. Korean Leftists Attempt To Win Over Trump by Nominating Him for the Nobel Peace Prize
6. Washington Brief Ep. 46: Rogue Allies: Strategic partnership of N. Korea, Iran & proxies since 2023
7. Nat’l security advisers of S. Korea, US hold 1st phone call since Trump’s inauguration
8. Yoon’s impeachment trial: a test for Korea’s rule of law
9. Ex-commander confirms Yoon ordered removal of lawmakers, not agents, from Nat’l Assembly
10. Yoon allies pin hopes on Trump to save ousted president
11. FM Cho eyes meeting with Rubio in Munich as Washington trip unlikely
12. Familiar faces tipped to join Trump’s team to tackle Korean Peninsula issues
13. Ex-ROK intel chief ordered elimination of agents after 2016 North Korea missions
14. N. Korean woman caught with defector remittance, freed after paying double in bribes
15. Laser beauty treatments highlight growing wealth gap in N. Korea
16. US Defense Official: “South Korea-US Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) to Continue Even in Trump’s 2nd Term”
17. [Expert Diagnosis] ② Professor Park In-hwi: “US-North Korea Dialogue Depends on Trump”
