4/30/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.30.2025 at 12:51pm
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National Security News Content:
1. This We’ll Defend – Our Promise to America
2. Falling stars? Army weighing massive cut to generals, PEO offices and AFC power
3. Hegseth shouldn’t be using Signal, but the SCIF system is terrible
4. Judge Orders Trump Officials to Disburse Funding for Radio Free Europe
5. In Brief: Foreign Policy Surprises in Trump’s First 100 Days
6. How President Trump’s Second Term Is Changing (long list of things)
7. The United States needs a victory plan for the Indo-Pacific
8. What’s wrong with a good, old-fashioned book burning? (Part I and Part II)
9. Detained on verge of U.S. citizenship, Mohsen Mahdawi speaks from Vermont prison
10. Vernon Walters— Renaissance Man
11. Can Trump Broker Peace in Ukraine: Prospects and Challenges?
12. Playing for Time – Why Trump’s Ukraine proposal is causing headaches for Putin by Sir Lawrence Freedman
13. Marines special ops focus on data at the edge, FPV drones in the air and AI on the way
14. Cut Army structure, not Army end strength
15. Hegseth backs admiral for Middle East post, passing over Army general
16. Awake Before the Sound of the Guns – Preparing Advisors for Conflict
17. Hegseth ‘proud’ to end Women, Peace and Security program
18. Why the US will lose against China
19. For Saudi Arabia, Normalization with Israel Doesn’t Make Sense Now
20. Senior PLA ideology official Miao Hua removed from China’s top legislature
21. As war with Russia drags on, Ukrainians wage parallel ‘revolution of dignity’
22. SOF Week — Where Trust Becomes Decision Advantage
23. China spy fears at air bases lead to string of tourist detentions
24. Saigon 1975: A Memoir – A personal account of the chaotic collapse of South Vietnam
25. The Fall of Saigon: 50 Years on – lessons can be identified, but not learned
Korean News Content:
1. Acting president likely to resign Thursday to run for president
2. Fast-tracked Lee Jae-myung verdict stirs talk of political timing
3. About 600 N. Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine
4. Trump Jr. meets with Hanwha executives to discuss business partnerships: sources
5. Acting president, U.S. Navy secretary agree on need to strengthen shipbuilding cooperation
6. N. Korea conducts 1st firing test of new warship’s weapons systems
7. N. Korea’s military delegation heads to Russia after confirmation of troop dispatch to fight Ukraine
8. North Korea’s reveal of new warship’s weapon system hints at Russian support: expert
9. Signs detected for N. Korea, Russia launching construction of road bridge across Tumen River: Seoul
10. Prosecutors search ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol’s home for evidence linked to shaman
11. Digital iron curtain: Inside N. Korea’s revamped information technology law
12. Kim Yo Jong’s children steal spotlight at N. Korean naval ceremony
13. 100 days in, North Korea appears further than ever from Trump’s priorities
14. N. Korean women’s union members privately mock Kim’s ‘Our State First’ ideology
15. Chinese nationals filmed Korean military bases 11 times over past year, NIS reveals
16. Strategic Implications of North Korea’s Expanding Naval Ambitions
17. China spy fears at air bases lead to string of tourist detentions
18. Awake Before the Sound of the Guns – Preparing Advisors for Conflict
