5/31/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.31.2025 at 03:30pm
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National Security News Content:
1. Hegseth Outlines U.S. Vision for Indo-Pacific, Addresses China Threat
2. Hegseth urges Asian allies to boost defense spending, do ‘their part’ in face of ‘real’ China threats
3. Hegseth Warns of ‘Devastating Consequences’ Should China Seek to ‘Conquer’ Taiwan
4. Iran Builds Up Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile Despite Nuclear Talks
5. The U.S. Plan to Hobble China Tech Isn’t Working
6. Denying Visas to Chinese Students Could Backfire on America
7. Experts Who Warn of Risks Posed by Chinese Students Are Skeptical of Trump Plan
8. Intelligence Staffer Critical of Trump Charged With Seeking to Pass Classified Documents to Foreign Government
9. World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
10. It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It.
11. Overwhelmed by China, Manila looks for deal in flashpoint South China Sea
12. Irregular Warfare on the Sea Floor and the Case for National Resilience
13. Allies are more than customers of America’s defense industrial base. They can help rebuild it.
14. The wrong time for a collective defence pact in Asia
15. They fled their home countries to report from the safety of the U.S. Now, they fear they’re in danger
16. Tip of the Spear, Edge of the Mind: Neurotechnology’s Roles in the Future of Special Operations
17. Demobilization and Disengagement: Lessons from the Philippines
18. Massacres, Looting, and Guerrilla War: A Partisan’s Story of Russia’s Invasion Part 1
19. How Dismantling the US Millennium Challenge Corporation Will Undermine Mongolia
20. Foreign Influence in the Arctic: The “Great Game” in the Arctic and how FMI Promote Conflict within NATO
21. Trump administration to prioritize ‘patriotic Americans’ for federal jobs
22. Pentagon to cut ties with contracts that outsource work
23. Is the NSC Dead? Trump guts the Biden administration’s most powerful foreign-policy advisory body.
24. Weaponized storytelling: How AI is helping researchers sniff out disinformation campaigns
Korean News Content:
1. Will Washington Be Blindsided by South Korea’s June 3 Presidential Election?
2. Hegseth Outlines U.S. Vision for Indo-Pacific, Addresses China Threat
3. S. Korea almost absent in Hegseth’s speech at Shangri-La Dialogue
4. Hegseth urges Asian allies to boost defense spending, do ‘their part’ in face of ‘real’ China threats
5. China installs 3 more buoys near overlapping waters with S. Korea
6. Hegseth unveils project enabling Korea, other allies to repair P-8 maritime aircraft in Indo-Pacific
7. N. Korea’s Kim oversees military artillery firing contest
8.N. Korea’s Kim demotes director of military’s general political bureau
9. Hegseth calls North Korea ‘formidable threat’ as USFK role set to broaden
10. N.K.’s state security minister slams U.S.’ unilateral, hegemonic policy, vows powerful response
11. North and South Korea are in an underground war – is Kim winning?
12. Russia gave North Korea advanced air defenses over Ukraine war support: Report
13. Beyond the Strongman: What’s at Stake in South Korea’s Snap Presidential Election
14. Death penalty for saying ‘oppa’?: N. Korea expands law to curb ‘anti-socialist culture’, says S. Korea
15. Cybersecurity best practice for North Korea watchers
