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6/23/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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06.23.2025 at 09:54am

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National Security News Content:

1. U.S. Strike on Iran Began With a Ruse
2. U.S. Officials Assess Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Sites
3. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine Hold a Press Conference
4. Trump Keeps His Promise on Iran. The World Is Safer for It.
5. Iran badly miscalculated. Now it’s paying the price.
6. A Cornered Iran Gives Few Clues on Response to Bombings
7. U.S. Investigates How Much of Iran’s Nuclear Program Was Destroyed—And How Much Remains
8. What Happens If Iran’s Regime Collapses?
9. Did Iran Just Sneak Out Critical Nuclear Material from Fordow?
10. Regime Change in Iran? History Says Unlikely
11. Words as Weapons: The Strategic Power of Chinese Slogans in Modern Propaganda
12. The Meaning of Drone-Enabled Infantry Striking Beyond Line of Sight
13. Red Lines in Orbit: Deterrence, Sovereignty, and the Risk of Escalation in Space Conflict
14. Iran threatens US bases in response to strikes on nuclear sites
15. Iran Update Special Report, June 22, 2025, Evening Edition
16. Xi Jinping’s Costly Inheritance
17. Europe’s Two-Front War
18. Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.
19. the butterfly effect and humility – unpredictability and linkages by Dr. Cynthia Watson

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea Denounces U.S. Strike
2. North Korea overtakes Iran as Russia’s partner of choice
3. Seoul’s Lee and Tokyo’s Ishiba off to a surprisingly warm start
4. Lee’s top security aide to attend NATO summit in Netherlands: presidential office
5. Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pragmatic’ diplomacy comes into focus
6. Trump struck Iran — but North Korea is a different story
7. Who is Lee Jong-seok, Seoul’s new spy chief?
8. How South Korea Became a Cultural Powerhouse, and What’s Next
9. U.S. Iran strike raises concerns in Korea
10. U.S. bombing of Iran might convince North Korea it was right to build nukes
11. Lee’s decision to skip NATO summit sparks concerns over lost opportunity to meet Trump
12. Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to skip NATO summit, source says
13. South Korea steps up crackdown on anti-North Korea leaflets near border
14. Trump’s Iran airstrikes test Kim Jong Un’s nerves — and his appetite for talks
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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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