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2/8/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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02.08.2025 at 06:05pm

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National Security News Content:

1. A future of VOA and its sister networks

2. Advice for an ‘Americas First Foreign Policy’

3. Ukraine war briefing: North Korean troops back on frontline in Kursk, says Zelenskyy

4. Trump’s second term: Early ratings and expectations

5. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, February 7, 2025

6. American Personnel Abroad Face Chaos and Confusion as USAID Shuts Down

7. Musk Brings His Business Playbook to Washington: Move Fast and Claim Victory

8. Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington

9. Where’s DOGE When You Need It?

10. Trump Opens Door to Rework U.S. Steel Deal

11. Trump Is Changing the World Order With Unprecedented Speed

12. Coaxing Dangerous Information From DeepSeek Is Easier Than With Other AIs

13. Trump Wants to Own Gaza. Here’s What It Would Take to Rebuild.

14. United States-Japan Joint Leaders’ Statement

15. Crafting Strategy for Irregular Warfare by David H. Ucko and Thomas A. Marks

16. Advancing the Discourse Through Fiction: Introducing the Winners of Horizon 2040

17. Could US forcing Panama to exit China’s Belt and Road set pattern?

18. The depths of Taiwan’s military morale crisis

19. USAID shutdown isn’t just a humanitarian issue – it’s a gift to China

20. The Doctor and the Pilot Who Saved the Eyesight of Millions

21. This program equipped the US military to take down drug traffickers

22. Army considering changing name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg

23. Together, The U.S. And Japan Can Preserve A Free And Open Indo-Pacific

 

Korean News Content:

1. Ukraine war briefing: North Korean troops back on frontline in Kursk, says Zelenskyy

2. United States-Japan Joint Leaders’ Statement

3. Why are so many North Koreans dying on the battlefields of Ukraine?

4. Senior U.S. Official: “Trump Administration Committed to ‘Complete Denuclearization of North Korea’… Close Cooperation with South Korea and Japan”

5. Interview: “Impeachment crisis could delay S. Korea’s MSCI inclusion, damage global trust”

6. Trump, Ishiba reaffirm ‘resolute’ commitment to ‘complete denuclearization of N. Korea

7. N. Korea says its nuclear weapons are not bargaining chip

8. Trump is open to N.K. engagement, but it ‘takes two to tango’: senior U.S. official

9. Former military commanders reportedly ordered to investigate election fraud

10. Police begin probe into online users suspected of plotting violence at Constitutional Court

11. Big rallies across Korea urge, oppose Yoon’s ouster

12. Foreign ministry welcomes Trump, Ishiba’s commitment to NK denuclearization

13. Chinese leader mulls first visit to Korea in 11 years

14. Explainer: Yoon impeachment trial a maze of conflicting testimony

15. Strategic action to save Korea is urgently needed: India’s moment

16. Yoon Suk Yeol receives 7 jail visits a day; president’s lawyers say Yoon unfairly criticized

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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