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3/16/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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03.16.2025 at 04:04pm

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National Security News Content:

1. ‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
2. Voice of America channels fall silent as Trump administration guts agency and cancels contracts
3. Trump Order Aims to Dismantle Voice of America, Other Programs
4. Voice of America bias inquiry sparks concerns of political meddling
5. China Is Unhappy With BlackRock’s Panama Ports Deal
6. Trump’s New World Order Tests the Dollar
7. Inside the Chinese Region That Has Become a No-Go for Western Companies
8. DOGE representatives visit US Institute of Peace, are turned away
9. Russia Overpowers Bold Ukrainian Military Venture in Kursk
10. VIDEO: “Zero Day” TV Series Illustrates What A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Look Like
11. Chinese Ships Are Carrying America’s Cargo. The U.S. Wants to Reverse That.
12. RFA Operations at Risk of Disruption as Federal Grants End
13. Beyond Resilience: A Nuanced Framework for Conceptualizing Resistance Networks
14. President Trump 2.0, China, And Southeast Asia: Security Challenges And Strategic Dilemmas
15. ASEAN’s Response To Trump 2.0: An Analysis Of Problems And Challenges
16. Hegseth shuts Pentagon ‘think tank’ analyzing future conflicts
17. Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans
18. The best way to curb the cruelty of the world’s worst regimes
19. Europe thinks the unthinkable on a nuclear bomb
20. America’s bullied allies need to toughen up
21. Niall Ferguson: A User’s Guide to Wrecking the Global Financial System

Korean News Content:

1. ‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
2. Voice of America channels fall silent as Trump administration guts agency and cancels contracts
3. Trump Order Aims to Dismantle Voice of America, Other Programs
4. Voice of America bias inquiry sparks concerns of political meddling
5. RFA Operations at Risk of Disruption as Federal Grants End
6. Hungry North Korean soldiers sell military gear to buy food
7. The best way to curb the cruelty of the world’s worst regimes
8. America’s bullied allies need to toughen up
9. Ruling party to accept impending Constitutional Court ruling on Yoon’s impeachment
10. N. Korea’s top diplomat meets Russia’s vice foreign minister in Pyongyang
11. N. Korea warns U.S. war reinforcements will be ‘wiped out’ after stealth jet deployment to Japan
12. Rival parties play blame game after U.S. places South Korea on nuclear ‘sensitive’ country list
13. PPP, DP vow to acknowledge impeachment ruling, but keep up pressure on court
14. Constitutional Court expected to decide on Yoon’s impeachment soon
15. Rebuilding Civil-Military Trust in South Korea
16. Numerous Smartphones Infected with Spyware from North Korea
17. Raging Kim could execute his OWN staff over stag party-style bash ‘with escorts’

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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