5/7/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Delivers Keynote Address at Special Operations Forces Week 2025
2. Nation’s Leaders Turning More to Special Ops in Volatile
3. Hegseth champions special operations as the force for today’s threats
4. US SOF making ‘unique contribution’ on Southern Border: Hegseth
5. Gen. Fenton: War in Ukraine demonstrates need for USSOCOM to innovate much faster
6. Facing ‘fusion of foes,’ special ops leaders envision ‘SOF renaissance’
7. Electronic Warfare Lessons From Ukraine Informing Air Force Special Operations Future
8. The Warrior’s Renaissance (Day 2 SOF Week)
9. Venezuelan Opposition Activists Freed After Hiding From Maduro Regime
10. U.S. and Chinese Officials to Meet for Trade Talks
11. U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
12. Down Go the Houthis?
13. What Trump Fails to Understand About Putin
14. India vs. Pakistan Is Also U.S. vs. China When It Comes to Arms Sales
15. Army infantry officer calls new XM7 ‘unfit for use as a modern service rifle’
16. Embracing the Inevitable: Integrating AI into Professional Military Education (PME)
17. Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard
18. The Trojan Horse Charges into the Future (Book Review)
19. China learns valuable lessons about war with America: analysts
20. Embassies disinvited from WWII ceremony after Europeans protested Russian invite
21. Operation Rype: Unveiling the legacy of U.S.-Norwegian cooperation during World War II
22. Crucibles, Not Comfort, Shape Future Military Leaders
23. How Much is a Hubcap Removal Tool Worth? Measuring The Value of Tactical Innovation
24. Fighter jet landing on USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject
25. We Are Still Fighting World War II
26. Trump’s tariffs: ASEAN+3 reaffirms free trade stance
27. India Launches Military Strikes Against Pakistan
28. Truth to Power – Civics lesson for the SECDEF
29. From the Shadows to the Summit: Elevating Special Operations to the Joint Chiefs
Korean News Content:
1. “Unification begins with human rights”… ‘Korean Dream’ campaign held on US campus
2. Washington, DC, the American Unification Solidarity, holds Capital Forum to commemorate the 80th anniversary of liberation
3. South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean targets US Navy orders as Trump seeks shipbuilding ties
4. How America Could Have Won the Korean War: Nuclear Weapons?
5. North Korean troops won’t march in Moscow’s Victory Day parade: Kremlin
6. Han Duck-soo calls for stronger ties with US and Japan to counter North Korea
7. North Koreans infiltrated US government-owned mortgage companies, official says
8. Kim Jong Un calls for increased artillery production amid mass exports to Russia
9. North Korean threats, Trump policy pushing ROK and Japan to go nuclear: Fukuyama
10. North Korea blocks Russians from joining trade fair under blanket foreigner ban
11. Breaking News: South Korea Pushes Rocket Launcher and Howitzer Deal in Canada Against Rival U.S. Offer
12. PPP presidential candidate, ex-PM fail to reach deal on candidacy unification
13. Court postpones hearing of DP candidate’s retrial until after presidential vote
14. Han Duck-soo says he will step aside if unification with Kim Moon-soo fails
15. Kim’s shell game
16. Pyongyang officials told to lead rice-planting mobilization as May campaign approaches
17. Bridge over troubled waters (Russia-north Korea)
