1/29/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
Please do not overlook the last article #27.
1. How China’s DeepSeek Outsmarted America
2. DeepSeek Undercuts Belief That Chip-Hungry U.S. Players Will Win AI Race
3. Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using U.S. AI Products to Bolster Cyberattacks
4. ‘The Iron Dome for America’
5. State Department Reverses Near-Full Stop of Foreign Aid
6. Hegseth takes actions against Trump foe Mark Milley
7. White House incentivizes federal workers to resign
8. Memo to Trump: Beware the ‘Reverse Teddy’ By Matt Pottinger
9. What Happened When DEI Came to the Military?9.
10. Trump revives push for space-based interceptors in ‘Iron Dome for America’ edict
11. What a Looming $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget Means for Jobs (Hint: Meh)
12. Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months’ pay in effort to shrink government
13. America Must Prepare for War
14. Why DeepSeek Is a Gift to the American People
15. US sending Patriot missiles from Israel to Ukraine, Axios reports
16. The Trump Administration vs the ‘Axis of Upheaval’?
17. OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies
18. DeepSeek’s fine, just don’t ask it about Taiwan
19. Donald Trump Is No Isolationist
20. The Components of Russia’s Undeclared War Against the West
21. The Rise and Fall of Afghanistan’s Local Defense Forces
22. Setting the Stage: An Overview of Chinese and Russian Interests and Influence in the Indo-Pacific
23. Israel, Trump, and the Gaza Deal
24. Bashar al-Assad and the Oversimplified Myth of Autocracies’ Inherent Fragility
25. Cold War’s best kept secret: Spy satellite that stayed hidden for 30 years
26. Trump says NJ drones were ‘authorized’ after suggesting Biden kept public ‘in suspense’
27. The Heart of Strategic Influence: Aristotle’s Contribution to Addressing Dis-Information
Korean News Content:
1. Trump will pursue complete denuclearization of N. Korea: White House
2. Kim Jong Un’s Risky Year of the Snake
3. N. Korea uses New Year holiday to boost allegiance to ruling Kim family
4. N. Korean media report on Yoon’s insurrection indictment
5. N. Korea’s Kim openly reprimands officials accused of irregularities in effort to tighten discipline
6. The return of the vortex in South Korea and the turbulence ahead
7. Trump orders strengthening of missile defenses by allies and overseas US troops… Attention to impact on Korean Peninsula
8. Worsening human rights situation in North Korea calls for change in mission strategy: need to face reality
9. Trump to pursue ‘complete denuclearization of North Korea,’ White House says
10. North Korean troops in Russia sent for retraining after heavy losses: Ukraine
11. North Korean leader Kim inspects nuclear facility as Pyongyang pressures Trump administration
12. Kim Jong Un visits uranium enrichment site, says clash with enemies ‘inevitable’
13. Ukraine: “Retreating North Korean Army, Analyzing Tactical Mistakes”
14. North Korea sends ‘a subtle signal’ to Trump about dialogue – via a missile test
15. How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia has sparked a propaganda war
16. North Korean cannons designed to flatten Seoul head to front line in Ukraine
