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3/6/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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03.06.2025 at 01:19pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Great Power Competition and Irregular Warfare
2. China Is Secretly Worried Trump Will Win on Trade
3. Trump Warns Hamas to Release All Hostages or Terrorist Group Is ‘Dead’
4. U.S. Suspends Costly Deportation Flights Using Military Aircraft
5. Inside Trump’s NSC
6. Truth Mattered in the Cold War. And It Matters Now in Ukraine.
7. Will Trump’s actions force Asian allies to embrace China?
8. The Pentagon is About to Make a Big Mistake on Civilian Harm Mitigation
9. Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Navy Should Develop Narco-Submarines
10. Ukraine Without America
11. America Can Best Help Syria By Getting Out
12. TSMC Says $100 Billion U.S. Expansion Driven by Demand, Not Political Pressure
13. U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks on Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say
14. In 15 months, the Navy fired more air defense missiles than it did in the last 30 years
15. Below-the-Threshold Deterrence, Philippine Style
16. Former USAID official says agency shutdown could cede Pacific islands to China
17. ‘Warheads on Foreheads’: Top Leaders for Air Force, Space Force Leaning into Defense Secretary’s Rhetoric
18. AI for war plans: Pentagon innovation shop taps Scale AI to build ‘Thunderforge’ prototype
19. The Paradox of Trump’s Economic Weapon

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea, U.S. stage combined firepower drills near inter-Korean border
2. 15 injured after KF-16 fighter jets mistakenly drop bombs outside training range
3. Top S. Korean security official expects ‘good’ outcome from tariff talks between Seoul, Washington
4. North Korea suddenly halts group tours to the West… Are they embarrassed when their true colors are revealed?
5. South Korean Air Force Mistakenly Bombs Village Near Seoul
6. The solution unfortunately is simply more training not less.
7. Top diplomats of S. Korea, Poland reaffirm steadfast commitment to advancing defense cooperation
8. Top S. Korean security official expects ‘good’ outcome from tariff talks between Seoul, Washington
9. Experts warn of looming Trump pressure on alliance issues with S. Korea
10. Trump wants Korea to invest in the Alaska LNG project—will it happen?
11. Editorial: U.S.-South Korea nuclear partnership could offer path through Trump era economic uncertainty
12. Exclusive: U.S., Russia likely to intervene in N. Korean POWs’ bid to reach S. Korea
13. N. Korean sanatoriums repurposed for military activities with Russia
14. <Inside N. Korea>Russian Deployment Exposed, Draft Evasion Surges — Students Fleeing, Faking Medical Certificates
15. The North Korean Defector Who’s Been Called a ‘Hero of Ukraine’
16. Asia Journalist Association calls for unity amid Korea’s martial law turmoil

About The Author

  • 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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