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5/10/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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05.10.2025 at 04:23pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Make big things small and small things big: SOCOM’s gear wishlist
2. The Army’s bold plan needs to watch out for these three pitfalls
3. The US is crushing China in real time in the Americas
4. China has spent billions developing military tech. Conflict between India and Pakistan could be its first major test
5. Exclusive | White House rejects Hegseth chief of staff pick who trashed Trump and Vance as ‘crazy,’ ‘dumb’
6.  India, Pakistan Agree to Cease-Fire After U.S.-Mediated Talks
7. The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers
8. Losing Taiwan Would End US Hegemony – Losing Eastern Ukraine Would Not
9. Senior Officers Are Not the “Villain”
10. Taiwan’s New Strategy: Make China Fear the Pain of an Invasion
11. Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine
12. Indo-Pacific Chessboard: Strategic Importance Of Indo-Pacific, Quad Alliance, And Maritime Power Plays
13. Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues
14. Trump Promised to End Two Wars Quickly. In Private, He Admits He’s Frustrated.
15. What happens when a hegemon falls?
16. Saudi Arabia is pulling off an astonishing transformation
17. What a $15,000 Electric SUV Says About U.S.-China Car Rivalry
18. As America goes rogue, China eyes an opening
19. Neocentaur: A Model for Cognitive Evolution Across the Levels of War
20. Economists warn Trump’s research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP

Korean News Content:

1. HRNK Presents: “Rogue Allies: The Strategic Partnership between Iran and North Korea”
2. Bolton: Trump shouldn’t test Pyongyang before Seoul settles down
3. Korean Reunification Efforts Amidst Rising Global Tensions and South Korean Presence in Central and Eastern Europe
4. N. Korea’s Kim says participation in Russia’s war against Ukraine justified
5. N. Korea’s Kim visits Russian Embassy in Pyongyang to mark Victory Day: KCNA
6. Will Pope Leo XIV make a historic visit to North Korea?
7. PPP moves to replace presidential candidate as Kim-Han merger talks fail
8. PPP’s midnight coup leaves South Korea’s democracy on the brink
9. PPP members vote against changing presidential candidate; Kim reinstated
10. Former PM Han apologizes for conservative party’s presidential candidacy disarray
11. PROFILE Who is Lee Jae-myung?
12. On Facebook, Korea’s conservatives unite against Han Duck-soo
13. As conservatives squabble, Lee Jae-myung says ‘doing nothing’ can win him the presidency
14. Seoul celebrates achievements in ‘extending freedom’ to North Koreans under Yoon
15. Korea’s aging extreme divers could hold the key to treating chronic disease

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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