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3/26/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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03.26.2025 at 10:55am

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National Security News Content:

1. 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community

2. Inside Pete Hegseth’s Rocky First Months at the Pentagon

3. Why RFE/RL Matters

4. ‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration’s war plan group chat

5. Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak

6. ‘Sloppy,’ ‘incompetent’ intelligence chiefs hammered for Signal chat

7. Counter-terrorism efforts reduced by Trump cuts

8. Noem says she plans to ‘eliminate FEMA’

9. Signal Chat Blunder Shows Pitfalls of Trump’s Ad Hoc Approach to Foreign Policy

10. Lessons From the Signal Chat on the Houthis

11. Report: Army Special Ops Issues ‘Threat Advisory’ Over Tesla Attacks

12. U.S. Agrees to Help Russia Boost Exports in Ukraine Talks

13. Trump’s Tariff War Forces Allies to Choose Resistance or Surrender

14. The U.S. Missile Launcher That Is Enraging China

15. Don’t Throw the (USAID) Baby Out With the Bathwater…Remodel the Bathroom

16. The Blame Game: The state of the US-Russia-Ukraine ceasefire negotiations by Sir Lawrence Freedman

17. The South Pacific Is the New Frontline in the Rivalry with China

18. A Signal Screwup—and What It Means

Korean News Content:

1. 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
2. North Korean leader has ‘no intention’ of negotiating away nuclear weapons: US report
3. ‘Denuclearization of North Korea’ VS ‘Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’… Which is the Preferred Term?
4. Appeals court acquits opposition leader of election law violation charges
5. Ruling party expresses regret as opposition leader cleared by court in election law violation case
6. Former martial law commander denies plotting for martial law
7. Military deploys more personnel, choppers to fight wildfires
8. Armed desertion: N. Korean soldier flees after harassment from senior officers
9. N. Korean workers clash with officials over withheld wages in China
10. Trump tariffs, home pressures push Korean firms to invest $102 bn in the US
11. Kim Jong-un likely to visit Russia in May, location under review
12. DPK pressures for ‘double impeachment’ just 1 day after PM’s return
13. South Korean government blamed for human rights abuses in overseas adoptions
14. Lee Jae-myung’s acquittal
15. From lions to lambs: Crisis of leadership in Korean armed forces

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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