4/21/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. 2025 William J. Donovan Award (OSS)
2. On GPS: Michael Lewis on what DOGE gets wrong about the federal workforce
3. Former Defense Secretary and retired Marine Corps General James Mattis has released a statement. Here is the text of the complete statement.
4. For these veterans, the secret to crossing political divides starts with a beer
5. Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
6. Kyiv Is On the Clock to Respond to Trump Plan to End Ukraine Conflict
7. Sweden Has the Tanks. Finland Has the Troops. Welcome to the Pan-Nordic Army.
8. Hegseth Faces Heat After New Signal Chat Emerges and Claim of Pentagon ‘Chaos’
9. Tragedy killed 4 U.S. soldiers in Lithuania. A small army got them home.
10. Breakdown in U.S.-China Relations Raises Specter of New Cold War
11. Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson: There’s a ‘Meltdown’ on Hegseth’s Watch
12. The Numbers Don’t Lie: The United States Is Not Broke
13. US, Philippines Open ‘Super Bowl’ of Drills Amid China Tensions
14. Real Military Reform Begins – Will Pete Hegseth be able to reverse our military’s decline? by Gary Anderson
15. How Long Will Big U.S. Banks Continue to Lead the World?
16. Crypto Knocks on the Door of a Banking World That Shut It Out
17. Do not Ignore the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Conflict
18. Hostile Influencing and Finland’s Vulnerabilities
19. The Global Trading System Was Already Broken
20. How Europe Can Deter Russia
21. Europe Could Lose What Makes It Great
22. 250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy
23. 250 years later, legacy of North Bridge lives on in the National Guard
Korean News Content:
1. Unification Angels, National Committee for North Korean Defectors Launched… “Spreading the Blueprint for Unification”
2. US State Department: “The goal remains complete denuclearization of North Korea”
3. 2 Chinese nationals cleared of suspected illegal filming near Osan Air Base
4. 2 more Chinese nationals suspected of illegally filming fighter jets near Osan Air Base
5. U.N. aviation agency voices grave concerns over N. Korea’s GPS signal jamming
6. Yoon attends 2nd insurrection trial hearing under flash of press cameras
7. Former DP leader Lee widens lead in presidential election poll
8. Youth groups of N. Korea, Russia reaffirm friendship at meeting in Pyongyang
9. Acting president stresses goal of making S. Korea ‘top 3 AI power’
10. North Korea continues to pursue covert biological weapons program: US report
11. Are North Koreans experts on North Korea? Myths and misconceptions, Part 5
12. Tencent Cloud’s hold on S. Korean gaming firms sparks data security fears
13. Editorial: South Korea must respond firmly to China’s Yellow Sea expansion
14. N. Korea’s digital divide: Survey reveals urban-rural gap in electronic payments
15. North Korean ambassador to Sweden ends 7-year posting headlined by nuke talks
