5/13/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.13.2025 at 10:31am
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National Security News Content:
1. How Trump managed to get his much-needed China trade victory
2. Trump Sends Message to World: He’s Open for Business
3. Trump’s moment to reform the US intelligence community
4. How Spying Helped Erode American Trust (Book Review essay)
5. What Should Be Said About China
6. Why Trump Suddenly Declared Victory Over the Houthi Militia
7. Trump’s gifted Qatari 747 would be a security problem, officials say
8. ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims
9. Top UK Special Forces general oversaw blocking of Afghan ‘war-crime’ witnesses to Britain
10. Extraordinary Fidelity: Two CIA Officers Imprisoned in China – CIA
11. Strengthening Asia-Pacific Security: ASEAN, South Korea, And Japan’s Path To Collaboration
12. Will prices go down? And other China tariff questions, answered.
13. AI Will Change What It Is to Be Human. Are We Ready?
14. Trump Dashes Chinese Dreams of Attending US Universities
15. US eases trade war, pursues ‘strategic decoupling’ from China
16. Echoes of Influence: Saying Farewell to 1st IO
17. The Republic Myth: How a Weaponized Lie Is Undermining Democracy
18. Versailles, not Munich: Rethinking Ukraine’s Postwar Security
19. Navigating the Sea of Misinformation: Increasing Resilience to Russian Influence Operations through Military Education
20. The Technopolar Paradox: The Frightening Fusion of Tech Power and State Power
21. China Is Building Megaports in South America to Feed Its Need for Crops
22. Trump’s China Deal Makes Sense. How He Got Here Doesn’t.
Korean News Content:
1. Top US general in Korea talks maps, China, and getting Patriots back
2. A rising nuclear double-threat in East Asia: Insights from our Guardian Tiger I and II tabletop exercises
3. Presidential rivals sell economic policy visions around AI, deregulation, reshoring
4. Presidential candidates set to square off to woo voters in conservative strongholds
5. U.S.-China trade deal gives countries chance to seek deals without being singled out as choosing sides: expert
6. S. Korea, U.S. customs authorities hold high-level talks to boost cooperation
7. Strengthening Asia-Pacific Security: ASEAN, South Korea, And Japan’s Path To Collaboration
8. Lee Jun-seok: How a Harvard engineer became the king of Korea’s young men
9. N. Korean security officials extort money from defectors’ families
10. North Korea upgrades naval office to strategic combat agency
11. Behind the smiles: The hidden rules of meeting N. Korea’s leader
12. The North Korean IT worker scheme infiltrated an American election campaign website
13. As rules relax, N. Koreans flock to Yalu River cruises near Chinese border
14. Presidential rivals offer conflicting visions for North Korea in policy pledges
15. State security agency drives North Korea’s emerging vehicle rental business
16. When dictators go wild(life trafficking)
17. Lazarus Group’s Liquidation Spree Drops North Korea Below Bhutan in BTC Holdings
18. Australian warship sets sail to monitor North Korean sanctions evasion at sea
19. China spy ring pursued US-ROK secrets, including THAAD, nuclear plans
