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5/8/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.08.2025 at 02:23pm

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National Security News Content:

1. SOF Week Isn’t Just an Agenda. It’s an Ecosystem
2. Experts Say Special Ops Has Made Good AI Progress, But There’s Still Room to Grow
3. Focus: U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth Calls for Stronger Special Forces Amid 200% Mission Surge.
4. Special Operators Must Lead Throughout the Navy
5. Rep. Jackson Introduced Bill to Recognize SOF Week
6. More data, comms, countermeasures needed for Special Ops aircraft
7. U.S. Special Forces Deploy Across the Philippines for Balikatan 2025
8. Analysts say India and Pakistan know how to de-escalate — but will they?
9. Ukrainian Sabotage Cuts Comms at Russian Military Sites in Moscow Region
10. Trump to Announce Trade-Deal Framework With Britain
11. Fentanyl Crisis Provided Opening for U.S.-China Trade Talks
12. Shippers Are Skeptical of Trump’s Truce With the Houthis
13. Marine Corps expects largest impact from Hegseth’s officer cuts
14. Voice of America will carry One America News programming
15. Trump Says He Hasn’t Decided If Iran Can Enrich Uranium in a New Deal
16. U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
17. West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
18. Still Hoping for a Deal with Iran? Here’s Why It Won’t Work
19. Soft Power, Strong Impact: The Enduring Alliance Between USAID and the U.S. Military
20. Leadership, Lethality, and (Data) Literacy: Three Keys to Prepare the Army for the Data-Driven, AI-Enabled Future of War
21. ‘Maduro did not close our bureau – Trump did’: Voice of America journalists speak out
22. Combatant Commands as Customers?

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles, possibly for export testing
2. Korea alliance must be seen holistically: Maxwell
3. Top military officer calls for ‘overwhelming’ readiness against N. Korea after missile launches
4. Seoul, Washington, Tokyo condemn N. Korea’s ballistic missile launch
5. Will Hegseth’s order to reduce generals affect USFK?
6. Signs suggest Beijing’s uneasy over growing Pyongyang-Moscow ties
7.  2nd meeting between Kim, Han on candidacy merger ends without agreement
8. Han-Kim disagreement threatens to derail conservatives’ strategy to win election
9. DP’s Lee steps up push for pro-business, economic agenda as legal risks ease
10. Editorial: Political power should not override judicial independence
11. Kim’s tank tour: Military theater or real modernization?
12. Empty wallets: North Korean farmers struggle as loan sources dry up
13. Two faces of Pyongyang: Trendy restaurants and hungry beggars highlight growing divide
14. US accuses Russia of obstructing North Korea sanctions enforcement at UNSC
15. S. Korean envoy berates N. Korea for ‘brazenly’ accelerating illicit activities

About The Author

  • David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is a contributing editor to Small Wars Journal.

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