3/20/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. A U.S. Retreat in the War of Ideas
2. Pentagon weighs major cuts to top of US military
3. Trump Floats Idea of U.S. Owning Ukrainian Power Plants as He Pushes Cease-Fire
4. War-Torn Congo Has a Deal for Trump: Kick Out Rebels, Get Minerals
5. Does America Face a “Ship Gap” With China?
6. VIDEO: USASOC’s “Want to know more?” Teaser (All Warfare is Irregular)
7. CIA Covert Ops: Kennedy Assassination Records Lift Veil of Secrecy
8. China is waging cognitive warfare. Fighting back starts by defining it.
9. Arsonist, Killer, Saboteur, Spy (i.e., Putin)
10. Chairman Wicker, Chairman Rogers Joint Statement on Reports of Potential Combatant Command Changes
11. Five Takeaways From the New JFK Assassination Files
12. Defunding Voice of America Is a Win for China and Iran
13. Pete Hegseth Is Closing a Pentagon Office That Wins Wars by Hal Brands
14. Luigi Mangione and the History of Bourgeois Terrorism
15. Is Taiwan already at war with China? What will be Beijing’s first step if it invades the island?
16. The Pentagon’s War on Wasted Dollars
17. Trump drops two-month deadline on nuclear deal with Iran
18. Iran’s Hunger Games: May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor
19. US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin
20. Joint force design is still a service-centric mission
21. Ukraine claims to have fielded a drone-killing laser weapon
22. USAID and the Erosion of U.S. Soft Power
23. Opinion | The DEI Purge Will Weaken Our Military
24. Silencing America’s voice overseas undermines national security by Matt Armstrong
Korean News Content:
1. A U.S. Retreat in the War of Ideas
2. North Korea suffering from corruption
3. Does America Face a “Ship Gap” With China?
4. North Koreans on the brink of starvation shed tears over emergency food aid
5. “Polls showing majority of Koreans ‘support self-nuclear armament’ are exaggerated”
6. Revolutionary sparks: Tracking N. Korea’s covert operations from the 1980s to today
7. N. Korean authorities spring sting operations on illegal currency traders
8. ＜Inside N. Korea＞The Rapid Expansion of Online Banking: Tracking Citizens’ Money? Kim Regime Accelerates E-Money Adoption
9. Invisible lines: How a mobile phone erased a N. Korean family
10. Waku and compromise: The shifting landscape of N. Korean trade
11. Defense Ministry summons Russia’s military attache over warplanes’ KADIZ entry
12. Lee Jae-myung warns acting president to ‘watch out,’ sparking backlash
13. Editorial: Opposition leader’s threat to acting president is beyond the pale
14. Acting President Choi is proving to be a good leader
15. Ruling party proposes bill to deprive noncitizens of voting rights amid anti-China sentiment
16. N. Korea slams Japan for considering deploying long-range missiles on Kyushu
17. US-ROK troops wrap up spring drills with show of force on North Korea’s doorstep
18. Seoul backs UN concerns over North Korea’s treatment of soldiers, defectors
19. North Korean troops fighting for Russia have ‘perpetuated’ Ukraine war, US says
20. US reveals intelligence data trove on China and North Korea
21. S. Korea, U.S., Japan hold trilateral drills involving U.S. aircraft carrier
22. Hundreds of injured Russian soldiers receive treatment in N. Korea: report
23. National Assembly passes pension reform proposal; 1st overhaul in nearly two decades
