12/31/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Pentagon Releases Detainee Held at Guantánamo Since Day 1
2. Top US generals warned the ‘golden hour’ for saving injured soldiers could disappear. That future has come.
3. Ipsos Predictions Survey 2025: Positivity about how this year has gone highest since before the pandemic
4. Nick Rowe Rescued in Vietnam (31 DEC 1968)
5. Africa Has Entered a New Era of War
6. Treasury Department Says Systems Hacked by China-Backed Actor
7. TSMC Arizona chip plant still has 50% Taiwanese workers in the run-up to production
8. Taking back Panama Canal would require war: Former ambassador
9. Indian Women Hold 11% Global Gold, More Than USA, Germany, Italy, France, And Russia Combined: Report
10. How Shen Yun Tapped Religious Fervor to Make $266 Million
11. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 30, 2024
12. Iran Update, December 30, 2024
13. Lesson №1 for Putin: Never Mess with Finland
14. China’s military buildup and psychological warfare threat to US
15. US military presence in Somalia likely to be scrutinized by incoming Trump administration
16. US Army unit in Poland the first to field new rocket system
17. Where Is Russia Finding New Soldiers? Wherever It Can.
18. 2024: Year of the Drone
19. The top five foreign influence fails of 2024 (from the Quincy Institute)
20. DOD Announces Additional Aid for Ukraine, Assesses 1,000 North Korean Casualties in Russia’s Kursk Region
21. Below the Threshold: China’s Strategy of Armed Coercion (IWI Podcast)
22. America Needs a Maximum Pressure Strategy in Ukraine
23. The Obstacles to China’s AI Power
24. Opinion | With South Korea in crisis, what black swans lurk for East Asia in 2025?
25. Analysis: Biden spent four years building up US alliances in Asia. Will they survive Trump’s next term?
26. Medal of Honor Monday: Army Col. Robert L. Howard
Korean News Content:
1. South Korea Jet Crash Sparks Debate Over Barrier’s Proximity to Runway
2. DOD Announces Additional Aid for Ukraine, Assesses 1,000 North Korean Casualties in Russia’s Kursk Region
3. The Case Against South Korea Building Nuclear Weapons
4. Jeju Air crash highlights need for revised regulations on airport runway safety zones
5. 3-way cooperation with U.S., Japan key to deterring N.K. threats: diplomatic white paper
6. Acting President Choi appoints 2 justices to Constitutional Court
7. Presidential office says Choi exceeded his authority with Constitutional Court justice appointments
8. Detention warrant issued for Yoon over martial law, 1st issuance for sitting president
9. Yoon’s defense team files injunction against detention warrant for impeached president
10. Analysis: Biden spent four years building up US alliances in Asia. Will they survive Trump’s next term?
11. Trump’s secretary of state nominee voices ‘deepest condolences’ over deadly plane crash in S. Korea
12. Can the CIO arrest President Yoon over insurrection charges?
13. [KOREA TIMES POLL] Majority of Koreans back changes to limit presidential powers
14. Kim Jong-un sends letter to Putin vowing to strengthen military cooperation with Russia
15. Moscow’s War Plans Against Japan, South Korea Leaked
16. North Korean troops making ‘human wave’ attacks against Ukrainian forces, US says
17. South Korea poised to crash and burn in 2025
18. US experts: Kim Jong-un’s anti-American remarks are a negotiating strategy to Trump
19. [Special Roundtable: The Path North Korea Is Taking] ② “Eradicate the Remnants of Capitalism”
20. Kim Jong-un ends year with lavish letter to Putin, sidelining China
21. North Korea quietly honors war dead as casualties in Russia climb
