5/16/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.16.2025 at 12:51pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Conquering Taiwan by Other Means: China’s Expanding Coercive Options
2. Is ‘Zero Day’ a Preview of Taiwan’s Future?
3. Gabbard Seeks to Consolidate Her Control of President’s Daily Brief
4. Donors Promised ‘VIP Experience’ at Military Events With Trump
5. Former US army green beret becomes Trump’s man in Mexico
6. Army attracts older recruits as it moves beyond enlistment slump
7. US spy chief fires intelligence leaders who disputed Trump’s Venezuela-gang claims
8. Silicon Valley’s New Hold on Washington
9. Pacific land force leaders seek ‘positional advantage’ against China
10. Trump, Iran, and the Power of Seeing Things as They Are
11. Readiness, Shipbuilding Top Priorities for Navy
12. “Satellite Images Don’t Lie”: China Is Quietly Building the Largest Military Complex on Earth, and It’s Already Massive
13. Army’s multi-domain task forces central to contesting Chinese, Russian strategies
14. Red Lines and Reckonings (Global threat assessment)
15. The Montreux Paradox: How a Ukraine Ceasefire Could Set the Stage for Escalation in the Black Sea
16. Strategic Folly? Why India and Pakistan Should Not Go to War
17. Chinese defence firm strikes arms deal with Nigeria, deepening ties with West Africa
18. China-US ties: lawmakers call on American college to end role in Duke Kunshan University
19. 10 Reasons Why America Needs a Cyber Force
20. Russia and Ukraine hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations
21. Russia is targeting Ukrainian hotels to discourage journalists, report says
22. Rubio says all NATO members will agree at June summit to 5% defense spending over next decade
23. Trump’s agenda meets broad resistance from American institutions
Korean News Content:
1. HRNK President and CEO Greg Scarlatoiu Testifying at First Ever UN High-Level Meeting on North Korean Human Rights
2. A Major Shift in South Korean Diplomacy: Trump’s America First Policies and the ROK–US AllianceDate
3. US Forces Korea serves roles beyond deterring North Korea, commander says
4. US ally revives aircraft carrier plan amid North Korea threat
5. Bridging The Divide: A Strategy For Peace On Korean Peninsula – OpEd
6. South Korea Goes Small in Bid for Nuclear Power Ascendance
7. Can South Korea, Japan forces train together? Joint drill denial reveals unresolved trauma
8. Red Lines and Reckonings (Global threat assessment)
9. China quietly bought land near top Seoul security sites
10. USFK chief stresses continued troop presence in S. Korea amid China-Russia threats
11. Workers’ hell: Inside North Korea’s brutal construction program
12. N. Korea finalizing selection of workers for China deployment
13. APEC trade ministers issue joint statement reaffirming WTO’s role in addressing trade issues
14. S. Korea again requests exemption from all U.S. tariffs; 2nd round of technical talks to be held next week
15. S. Korea holds bilateral trade talks with 14 partners at APEC meeting
16. Silent infiltration: Hackers on the payroll
17. S. Korea-U.S. trade negotiation conclusion unlikely before launch of new Seoul gov’t: Cheong
18. Leading candidate doesn’t know his own birthday — and voters relate
19. Losing ground, PPP’s Kim Moon-soo sinks deeper into Yoon dilemma
