3/5/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm
2. Trump Administration Readies Order to Bolster U.S. Shipbuilders, Punish China
3. By halting Ukraine aid, Trump courts personal defeat
4. At least one Pentagon agency has begun firing probationary workers
5. Fall of Taiwan Would Be ‘Disaster’ for US, Trump Pick Colby Says
6. Strategic Affairs no. 46 What is the Trump Foreign Policy?
7. Pentagon policy chief hearing highlights GOP foreign policy divide
8. Nominee for top DoD policy job sidesteps questions on Russian invasion of Ukraine
9. What Do Chinese Analysts Think of Trump’s China Policy Thus Far?
10. Zelensky Offers Terms to Stop Fighting, Assuring U.S. That Ukraine Wants Peace
11. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 4, 2025
12. Iran Update, March 4, 2025
13. Trump adviser Alina Habba says veterans fired by DOGE are perhaps ‘not fit to have a job at this moment’
14. Trump Touts ‘Swift and Unrelenting’ Action on Border, Budget and Economy
15. 7 Takeaways from Trump’s Speech to Congress
16. Zelensky Calls Heated Meeting With Trump ‘Regrettable’ in Bid to Mend Ties
17. Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech
18. Unpreparedness is a Choice
19. US Deputy Secretary of Defense Nominee: “Strong Alliance with Korea… Unclear Whether US-ROK-Japan Solidarity Will Continue”
20. Victor Davis Hanson: Can Trump Revolutionize America?
21. Testimony from Hell: Review of “I am André: German Jew, French Resistance Fighter, British Spy ” book review by Juliana Geran Pilon
22. Civil Military Relations in the United States
23. Hal and Julia Moore’s son ‘saddened’ and ‘angered’ over Fort Benning renaming
Korean News Content:
1. Trump claims S. Korea’s average tariff is 4 times higher though U.S. helps S. Korea in ‘so many ways’
2. S. Korea reaffirms effective tariff rate on U.S. imports remains close to zero
3. Seoul’s spy agency detects sign of N. Korean troops in Russia learning drone tactics from Moscow
4. S. Korea to introduce ‘top-tier visa’ to attract foreign talents in high-tech industries: acting president
5. Experts: “Korea is different from Ukraine… Some point out that it ‘undermines trust in the alliance’
6. Kim Jong Un orders munition factories to accelerate five-year defense plan tasks
7. US Deputy Secretary of Defense Nominee: “Strong Alliance with Korea… Unclear Whether US-ROK-Japan Solidarity Will Continue”
8. Deputy Secretary of State Nominee: “We Must Cooperate with Korea, Japan, and Others to Respond to China’s Rise”
9. ＜Inside N. Korea＞”10x Wage Increase” One Year Later: What Happened? (2) “No One Says Life Has Improved” – “Forced Attendance Makes Us Feel Like Government Slaves”
10. ‘It Makes You Want to Cry’: North Korean captured soldiers reveals brutal military training
11. N. Korea tightens central control over executions with new supreme court directives
12. Grain prices surge as N. Korea enters annual spring food shortage
13. N. Korean parents go into debt for private tutoring as education market expands
14. “North Korean IT workers disguised as Japanese, Singaporean, etc. nationals… Targeting U.S. and Japanese companies”
15. ‘Family, a home and basic rights’ – North Korean POW in Ukraine dreams of new life
16. [Room 39, Lee Jeong-ho’s Eyes] “North Korea-Russia Relations Closer in the U.S. Practical Hegemony Strategy”
17. “If the North Korea-Russia War is prolonged, there is a possibility of a 5th or 6th troop deployment”
18. Last year, South Korea’s humanitarian aid to North Korea was ‘nonexistent’
