3/13/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. The Painting That Explains Trump’s Foreign Policy
2. Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?
3. Trump nominates Anduril executive, former special operations officer to be Army undersecretary
4. Exclusive — Hegseth Orders Review of Fitness, Grooming
5. America Turns to Ukraine to Build Better Drones
6. How Europe’s Military Stacks Up Against Russia Without U.S. Support
7. The Epic Dynastic Feud Behind the Arrest of the Former Philippine President
8. Chinese Volt Typhoon Hackers Infiltrated US Electric Grid for Nearly a Year
9. Both Left and Right Are Wrong About Mahmoud Khalil
10. Trump, pushing for new military leader, submits nomination of Dan ‘Razin’ Caine to the Senate
11. US agencies face Thursday deadline to submit mass layoff plans
12. The Army wants to get the load soldiers carry down to 55 pounds
13. Military Paradigm Swinging Away from Wokeism Toward Meritocracy
14. Green Berets Looking For FPV Drones To Help Them Clear Hostile Cave Complexes
15. There’s a New War Game for ‘Nerds with a Drive for Violence.’ It’s Spreading Across the Marine Corps.
16. China’s expanding footprint in geostationary orbit raises security concerns
17. Four-Legged Green Berets: The Canine Operators of Army Special Forces
18. UPDATE: Controversial Intelligence Pick Dropped
19. The U.S. Just Handed Ukraine a Clear Advantage
20. Deciphering French Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
21. The U.S. Should Cut Defense Spending. Here’s How
22. If You’re Taking JCIDS, Grab CAPE While You’re at it
23. Frontline Innovation and Domestic Production: The Keys to Ukraine’s Journey Toward Defense Self-Reliance
24. How to Toughen Up Taiwan
25. Japan Appoints First Chief of New Joint Operations Command
26. Harding Project: Writing for Impact – Sneaking professional writing into our routine military activities isn’t hard.
27. Will Trump defend Taiwan? U.S. defense perimeter appears to shrink
28. The Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria
Korean News Content:
1. South Korea’s Acting President Is Betting on Keeping U.S. Ties Strong
2. My latest interview on the John Batchelor Show
3. Rights groups urge Zelenskyy to send N. Korean POWs to South Korea
4. US Ambassador Joseph Yun: “Trump Administration Demands Stop Intervention in North Korea-Ukraine War”
5. Some Korean conservatives go full-MAGA in pressing election fraud claims – They hope Trump will see an alignment of interests and spare America’s Korean ally the Ukraine treatment
6. “North Korea Seeks to Rebuild ‘US Relations’ After Strengthening ‘North Korea-Russia Relations’”
7. Human rights groups seek accountability for sexual violence in North Korea
8. Can Trump Restart Talks With North Korea?
9. Court dismisses impeachments, reinstates chief auditor, prosecutors
10. North Korean defectors to fill bus driver roles amid Seoul’s worker shortage
11. North Korean IT workers forced into brutal workloads, surveilled 24/7: report
12. S. Korea in ‘close consultation’ with U.S. over potential ‘sensitive country’ designation
13. Drones, robots take lead in S. Korea-US joint drill against N. Korean WMD
14. Korea remains helpless against Trump’s metal tariffs
15. Tariff battle expands to US beef imports
16. South Korea’s smaller arms makers double profits as military spending surges
