3/15/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. An Open Letter to His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy
2. A Past U.S. Security Pact Is a Cautionary Tale for Ukraine’s Mineral Deal
3. Inside the Frantic Diplomacy to Repair U.S.-Ukraine Relations
4. Ukraine Peace Is Not at Hand
5. Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
6. Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Continues the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
7. Russia’s so-called “Pravda” network expands worldwide
8. Radio Free Asia set to furlough most US-based staff due to government funding freeze
9. U.S. Military Brokers Deals to Bring Syrian Factions Together
10. How Interagency Campaigns Can Counter Chinese Gray Zone Incursions in the Pacific
11. In Gaza, Trump Embraces Private Military Contractors
12. This psychological ‘booster’ could help people resist misinformation, a new study finds
13. What military members need to hear from their leaders now
14. Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
15. For Want of a Nail, the Kingdom was Lost: The Struggle to Understand Irregular Warfare
16. History of the Nisei ‘Go For Broke’ WWII unit removed from Army website
17. Foreign State-Sponsored Disinformation in the Pacific Islands
18. Navigating the Gray Zone—Strategies to Address Hybrid Warfare (Council on Foreign Relations forum)
19. It Isn’t Just Trump. America’s Whole Reputation Is Shot.
20. The Cost of Ignoring Geopolitics
21. Death From Above: US Missile Strike Wipes Out ISIS Chief Of Global Ops
22. Inside the US War Plans to Invade Canada
23 Flynn: Kennedy brought clarity, integrity to foreign policy
24. OUR WWII STORY: Legion founder helped lead the OSS
Korean News Content:
1. Pentagon official stresses ‘clear,’ ‘ironclad’ commitment to alliance after S. Korea’s exclusion from Hegseth’s upcoming Asia swing
2. Russia’s deputy foreign minister visiting N. Korea amid talks of Ukraine ceasefire
3. Will South Korea expel the US?
4. Korean-U.S. special warfare units combine forces for Freedom Shield exercise
5. Trump’s remarks on North Korea could spark Seoul’s nuclear rethink
6. Beijing tight-lipped on reports of collision between Chinese, North Korean ships
7. 8 North Korean Ships Sunk in the Past 10 Years… 2 Dead, 9 Missing
8. Alarmed by Trump, South Korea mulls Japan-style nuclear option
9. U.S. designation of S. Korea as ‘sensitive country’ reveals Seoul’s diplomatic lapse amid political turmoil
10. Biden gov’t added S. Korea to lowest ‘sensitive country list’ category, no new curbs under Trump: Energy Dept.
11. Ruling party voices ‘deep regrets’ over U.S. designation of ‘sensitive country’
12. S. Korean nuclear energy experts warn U.S. ‘sensitive country’ designation may hinder cooperation
13.’Brainwashed’ North Korean POW: “It’s natural to help our Russian ally”
14. East-West Center’s inaugural presidential chair talks uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula
15. Ahead of South Korea’s Impeachment Verdict, Partisan Division Is Worsening
16. G7 Foreign Ministers: “North Korea Must Dismantle Nuclear and Ballistic Missiles… Condemn North Korea-Russia Military Cooperation”
17. Massive rallies for, against Yoon’s ouster held in Seoul ahead of impeachment ruling
18. The parallel in Ukraine isn’t to World War II — it’s to Korea
19. Multiple Russian warplanes briefly enter Korea’s air defense zone during training: JCS
