3/19/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. The End of the Office of Net Assessment: A Shortsighted Blow to American Military Strategy
2. Jordan: Soft power still matters
3. There was a legal path to closing USAGM
4. ‘Discarded like a dirty rag’: Chinese state media hails Trump’s cuts to Voice of America
5. Trump admin considers giving up NATO command that has been American since Eisenhower
6. The Sun is Setting: A Story of Resistance in the Age of Algorithmic Irregular Warfare
7. JAGs Alone Can’t Defend Rule of Law
8. A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution
9. America’s voice, silenced
10. Zelensky Warns: Russia Massing Troops for Multi-Front Offensive in Coming Months
11. JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues
12. US Army rapidly ridding itself of old weapons requirements
13. Report to Congress on The Army’s Multi-Domain Task Force
14. China conducts air and sea drills near Taiwan in response to US and Taiwanese statements
15. Putin just called Trump’s bluff on Ukraine, with the Russian art of the ‘no’ deal
16. Strategic Affairs no. 47: Trump Is Damaging U.S. National Security by Joseph Collins
17. Actions create consequences: assumptions about the configuration – Vlad, Xi, and POTUS by Cynthia Watson
18. China’s Xi Is Angered by Panama Port Deal That Trump Touted as a Win
19. It’s Time for Ukraine to Accept an Ugly Peace
20. PLA Factions and the Erosion of Xi’s Power Over the Military
21. Opinion | Pete Hegseth’s dark vision for the U.S. military
22. What Korea Means for Ukraine
23. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 18, 2025
24. Iran Update, March 18, 2025
25. China Watches, Taiwan Learns: Ukraine’s War and the Indo-Pacific
26. Why Do Skeptics Ignore the Evidence of Russian Influence Operations in Africa?
27. North Korean troops key to Russian advances in Kursk, says Ukraine
Korean News Content:
1. As a North Korean defector, why I oppose the impeachment of the South Korean president.
2. Why the left in South Korea may regret removing President Yoon
3. US, South Korea resume some live-fire drills after accidental bombing
4. Why US labeled South Korea ‘sensitive,’ and what’s at stake
5. What’s behind delay in Yoon Suk Yeol verdict?
6. North Korea’s bitcoin reserve thought to be 3rd largest in world: report
7. N. Korea urges fight against anti-socialism at meeting of heads of ‘neighborhood units’
8.Hegseth Skips South Korea Visit as Leadership Vacuum Takes Toll
9. What Korea Means for Ukraine
10. North Korean human rights groups affected by Trump’s aid freeze
11. North Korean troops key to Russian advances in Kursk, says Ukraine
12. North Korea orders parents to give children names that reflect revolutionary spirit
13. “North Korea intends to spread ‘North Korea’s denuclearization impossibility theory’ through Russia”
14. Ukraine says it destroyed three North Korean artillery guns in Russia’s Kursk
15. Rare North Korean event gathers heads of ‘people’s units’ that spy on citizens
16. UN gives WHO the green light to send $63K in vaccine assistance to North Korea
17. S. Korea making list of items to import from U.S. for tariff negotiations: trade minister
18. U.S. confirms S. Korea’s inclusion on DOE list unrelated to nuclear buildup call: FM
