2/14/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. A Mad Scramble Inside The Pentagon Ahead Of DOGE’s Arrival
2. Pentagon Prepares Potential Cuts for DOGE – Don’t forget the “Preamble to the Foxhole”
3. Will Donald Trump and Elon Musk wreck or reform the Pentagon?
4. America’s military supremacy is in jeopardy
5. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Press Conference Following NATO Ministers of Defense Meeting in Brussels, Belgium
6. Hegseth warns Europeans ‘realities’ of China and border threats prevent US from guaranteeing their security
7. Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans
8. China is rehearsing for war, Indo-Pacific commander says
9. China military exercises near Taiwan could be used to conceal attack, US says
10. Trump Plays Hardball to Wean Panama from China
11. DOD wants to cut red tape on foreign arms deals, Hegseth says
12. Countering China’s diplomatic coup
13. Analysis: Putin has waited for this moment for 3 years, as Zelensky is left in the cold
14. Analysis: What does Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine mean for China?
15. Former Pentagon leader Chris Miller joins defense investment firm
16. North Korea rights groups fear their collapse after Musk pushes US funding cuts
17. How Trump could productively reshape the transatlantic defense relationship
18. The Fourth Age: The SOCOM Commander’s Vision for the Future
19. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, February 14, 2025
20. After DeepSeek, America and the EU are getting AI wrong
21. What happened next at USAID
22. How Russell Vought’s ‘radical constitutionalism’ could spark a constitutional crisis
23. Trump ordered to temporarily lift USAid freeze and allow foreign aid funding
24. US special forces landing in Mexico to train marine infantry
25. Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets FOIA Requests at Agency Under its Purview
Korean News Content:
1. North Korea rights groups fear their collapse after Musk pushes US funding cuts
2. US general warns North Korea’s new ICBM could overwhelm country’s defenses
3. Seung Whan Choi: Can President Donald Trump persuade North Korea to return to the negotiating table?
4. North Korea slams South’s acting government for driving military ‘confrontation’
5. Trump’s Korea Strategy: How Washington Is Navigating South Korea’s Political Turmoil
6. US Commander Warns of China, Russia, North Korea ‘Troublemakers’
7. N. Korea bristles at deepening S. Korea-U.S. alliance under South’s acting leadership
8. Man nabbed while trying to raid Chinese Embassy in Seoul (Dressed as Captain America)
9. Editorial: Lee Jae-myung’s policy flip-flops are too drastic and frequent
10. US Secretary of Defense: “China’s deterrence cannot be done by the US alone… We will continue to cooperate with Korea, Japan, etc.”
11. Chung Eui-sun meets with Donald Trump Jr. for 2 hours
12. Lessons from Trump, Musk (A view from South Korea)
13. “News of North Russian Troop Deployment Spreads Through WeChat in China”
14. More than 40 percent of experts predict South Korea will go nuclear within a decade, survey finds
15. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Kim Jong-un Harshly Condemns Official Entertainment as “Mega Crime” – Private Restaurant Rooms Shut Down in Hyesan, Citizens React with Skepticism
