3/11/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
2. U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist
3. Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone
4. A bane for tyrants abroad, U.S.-funded networks fear fate under Kari Lake
5. A New Deal With Moscow?
6. Ukraine Hits Moscow With Biggest Drone Attack of the War
7. Taiwan Stronger: Ramping Up Defense Resilience to Counter China
8. Is Trump’s Mineral Deal Unprecedented? Not Exactly.
9. Rethinking the Response to Russian Aggression: Command, Management, and Leadership
10. Interview with David Ochmanek
11. Nickels And Dimes: Trump’s Defense Cuts Are Unrealistic By: Michael O’Hanlon
12. Jüri Saar: Opposing theories behind the Russo-Ukrainian War
13. US vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers
14. The Shifting World Order: “Trump and Vance Have Contempt for the Europeans”
15. Philippines Arrests Former President Rodrigo Duterte on ICC Warrant
16. Why the U.S. Keeps Losing to China in the Battle Over Critical Minerals
17. A Personal Explanation of Why I Don’t Vote By George Friedman
18. DOD civilian employees given $1 spending limit for travel cards
19. Exposing China’s Legal Preparations for a Taiwan Invasion
20. America’s Eroding Airpower
21. The End of Pax Americana – Can Trump 2.0 Confront China Alone?
22. The ICE Detention of a Columbia Student Is Just the Beginning
23. Senator Mark Kelly Urges Continued U.S. Support After Visiting Ukraine. Musk Calls Him a ‘Traitor.’
24. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! – Harding Project
Korean News Content:
1. Strengthening South Korea’s defense: a path to self-reliance and strategic alliances
2. North Korean Deployment in Kursk: A Window into the DPRK Military
3. What to expect after South Korea’s Constitutional Court rules on the impeachment of President Yoon
4. How S Korea would respond to Taiwan hostilities
5. The unraveling of the U.S.-Korea alliance
6. Faction led by North’s old pal rises in major South Korean party
7. N. Korea ramps up criticism against S. Korea-U.S. drills, but no mention of missile launch
8. U.S. military decries N.K.’s missile launches, calls on it to refrain from ‘unlawful,’ ‘destabilizing’ acts
9. White House reaffirms commitment to ‘complete’ denuclearization of N. Korea after regime’s missile launches
10. S. Korea raises issue over potential U.S. designation as ‘sensitive country’: FM
11. Acting president vows ‘zero tolerance’ for any violence amid imminent ruling on Yoon’s impeachment
12. Air Force dismisses 2 unit commanders over accidental jet bombing
13. Opposition lawmakers launch hunger strike calling for Yoon’s removal from office
14. “North Korea Publicly Executes 3 Young Men Who Attempted to Defect”
15. ＜Inside N. Korea＞The ‘Last Stronghold’ of Defection in Crisis: Security Bureau Receives Commendation for Crackdown Success – Smuggling and Defections Nearly Eradicated
16. Sing for the regime: N. Korea’s mandatory song sessions face public resistance
17. Behind the cold exile: How N. Korea punishes ‘hostile class’ citizens
18. Empty promises, empty stomaches: The plight of N. Korean farmers under party restrictions
