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6/16/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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06.16.2025 at 03:13pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Exclusive / Pentagon split over Trump’s Israel policy
2. Strikes Hit Revolutionary Guard Command Centers in Tehran, Israeli Military Says
3. Israel Takes Control of Iran’s Skies—a Feat That Still Eludes Russia in Ukraine
4. The Fordow Imperative—for Trump and Israel
5. Israel and Iran exchange attacks; Trump vetoes plan to target Khamenei, US officials say
6. Cyberattack on Washington Post Strikes Journalists’ Email Accounts
7. China Wants Our Hearts. Literally.
8. Taiwan’s military reform is failing where it matters most
9. Chinese FM holds phone calls with Israeli, Iranian counterparts
10. Global Fragility Act in Coastal West Africa: Policy Lessons from US Engagement in the Sahel
11. Book Review | Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine
12. Why China Missed Its Golden Philippines Opportunity
13. Philippine Navy Launches First Rajah Solayman-class Offshore Patrol Vessel
14. Rare Earth, Raw Power: How China Plays the Carrot and Stick Game of the Century
15. India breaks with China, Russia on Israel-Iran war
16. Breaking News: U.S. Army plans initial production of new XM30 infantry fighting vehicle to replace Bradley in late 2027.
17. A Regime On The Brink
18. Too Much Tech Can Ruin Wargames
19. We Need a Marine Corps, Part I: A Corps in Crisis
20. A Soldier For Life
21. I was worried about Trump’s Army parade — until I saw it
22. Exclusive Report: New version of U.S. Army M-SHORAD air defense vehicle to feature next-generation short-range missile.
23. Report to Congress on U.S. Army Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon
24. The West has forgotten the art of strategy China and Russia are the new grandmasters
25. Special Operations News – Monday, June 16, 2025

Korean News Content:

1. Over 6,000 N. Korean troops killed or injured in Ukraine war: British defense ministry
2. PM nominee stresses stronger Seoul-Tokyo ties in meeting with Japanese PM adviser
3. Lee calls on S. Korea, Japan to join hands for future ahead of 60th anniv. of ties
4. N. Korea urges Japan to face up to history of wartime aggression
5. State affairs committee chief says to form task force for gov’t reorganization
6. Unification ministry discusses measures to prevent anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns
7. Police to send mobile units to border areas to curb anti-N. Korea leaflet campaigns
8. U.S. Army reopens rotational unit’s headquarters in S. Korea after US$2.2 million upgrade
9. Hanwha Systems, Northrop Grumman partner for joint development of air defense systems
10. Editorial: Lee’s crackdown on anti-North Korea leaflets undermines free speech
11. Strategic flexibility and South Korea’s return to the frontlines of conflict
12. North Korea supplying deadly cluster munitions to Russia for rare rocket system
13.  NK teachers bristle at classroom surveillance
14. N. Korea’s challenge to the NLL
15. North Korean abductees group protests gov’t crackdown on balloon leafleting campaigns
16. Seoul pivots from confrontation to engagement with Pyongyang
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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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