4/18/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
Access National Security News HERE.
Access Korean News HERE.
National Security News Content:
1. China hawks are losing influence in Trumpworld, despite the trade war
2. China’s propagandists preach defiance in the trade war with America
3. New Pentagon chairman: U.S. lacks ability to deter adversaries
4. Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer rejoins the Marine Corps at 36
5. U.S. intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for mass deportations
6. I was in the CIA. Here’s how helping Myanmar can pay off for US against China. | Opinion
7. Communists Never Win a Fair Fight
8. U.S. Will Pause Ukraine Peace Efforts if No Progress, Rubio Warns
9. Russian missile attack on Kharkiv on Good Friday kills 1, injures 87
10. Defense One: State of the Services
11. There’s no more DEI at DOD, watchdog finds
12. Shuttering of State office leaves US largely defenseless against foreign influence warfare, officials say
13. The Trump White House and the New Opium Wars
14. Germany’s Great Military Reboot Has Now Arrived
15. Gabbard declassifies Biden-era plan to counter domestic terrorism
16. US may soon force allies to take sides in trade war with China
17. Military families challenge Trump’s stricter federal voting rules
18. Reimagining Combat Power for Tomorrow’s Battlefield: The Enhanced Brigade Combat Team
19. The Department of Defense’s Breakthrough Nuclear Moment Risks Slipping Away
20. What America Gets Wrong About the AI Race
21. How to Survive a Constitutional Crisis
Korean News Content:
1. Fighting in Ukraine Could Make North Korea’s Military Stronger
2. Will Lee Jae-myung Rise From South Korea’s Political Chaos?
3. U.S. DOE official highlights S. Korea’s role in Trump administration’s energy strategy
4. Ex-DP leader Lee keeps strong lead in presidential election poll
5. South Korea’s Far Right Has Been Terrifyingly Radicalized
6. Army holds nighttime firing drills in border county of Goseong
7. S. Korea’s steel exports to U.S. shrink 19 pct in March on Trump tariffs
8. 7 military officers placed on compulsory leave over alleged martial law involvement
9. Inside Kim Jong Un’s revolutionary history: Daily NK obtains rare N. Korean propaganda book
10. Acting defense chief unlikely to attend Shangri-La Dialogue next month
11. Canada to deploy patrol aircraft to monitor North Korea sanctions violations
12. North Korea, Russia accelerate Tumen bridge project
13. Tragedy in Hoeryong: Mother left destitute after daughter sent to political prison camp
14. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Counterfeit Money Flooding: NK Won, Chinese Yuan, and ‘Donpyo’ Vouchers Spreading Despite Major Crackdowns
15. South Korean government publishes new unification textbook…reflecting the ‘two-nation theory’ of the South and the North
