4/25/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. Hegseth Recaps 100 Days of DOD Accomplishments During Speech at War College
2. Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Army War College (As Delivered)
3. What’s secret? When is it secret? Well, that’s complicated
4. Could a Blobby enclave be sowing chaos at DoD?
5. Unifying Army Security Cooperation: How to Fix the Coordination Crisis
6. China Aims to Step Up Policy Support Amid Trade Uncertainty
7. Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say
8. While Gutting USAID, Marco Rubio Quietly Saved Cuban Regime Change Programs
9. Rubio torpedoes the left’s anti-Israel stronghold inside the State Department
10. Friends with Limits: The Future of Russo-Indian Defense Ties
11. ‘Sleazebag’ reporter who exposed Signal scandal gets Trump White House invite for ‘curious’ reason
12. How the War in Gaza Drove Israel’s A.I. Experiments
13. Top Russian general killed in Moscow as U.S. envoy talks with Putin
14. Mobilization, Movement, and Major War: Lessons from Desert Shield for Today’s Total Army
15. Do Americans support Trump’s attitudes to Ukraine and Russia? Here’s what recent data shows
16. Will Xi Jinping start a war over Trump’s China tariffs?
17. The Once and Future China
18. A new media order is emerging – Journalism isn’t dead. It’s on Substack.
19. BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA
20. DOD Senior Advisor Announcements
21. A Small Wars Journal Retrospective: Twenty Years of Crowd-Sourcing Irregular Warfare Studies

Korean News Content:

1. Russia used North Korean missile in deadly strike on Kyiv, Zelensky says
2. Bessent Sees US, Korea Trade ‘Understanding’ by Next Week
3. North Korean Leadership Transitions: A Strategic Revolving Door
4. North Korea lashes out at Air Force’s ‘Swan of Death’ bomber deployment in Japan
5. China, Japan, Korea sense Trump trade war weakness
6. Why the US should modernize nuke storage in ROK if North Korea rejects talks
7. How Lee Jae-myung’s adviser thinks Seoul can restart dialogue with North Korea
8. S. Korea, U.S. agree to seek ‘July package’ deal on tariff, other issues
9. S. Korea, U.S. hold tabletop exercise on integrating nuclear, conventional capabilities
10. U.S. Air Force to form 2nd ‘Super Squadron’ at Osan with F-16 relocation
11. S. Korea to ‘prudently’ decide whether to join Alaska LNG project after field inspection: minister
12. Ministry of Unification: “North Korea is sensitive to US strategic assets… a far-fetched claim that is counterproductive”
13. North Korean soldiers: Kim Jong-un praise lectures were ‘absurd’
14. N. Korean official arrested for erasing defector records in bribery scheme
15. Seoul demands removal of Chinese platforms in Yellow Sea; Beijing claims they’re legal fish farms
16. More signs point to acting president entering June 3 election race