4/22/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Hegseth Faces Heat After New Signal Chat Emerges and Claim of Pentagon ‘Chaos’
2. Trump Stands by Hegseth After Phone Call About Newly Revealed Signal Chat
3. White House backs Hegseth, Leavitt says ‘entire Pentagon’ is resisting him
4. The Hegseth Pentagon Chronicles
5. First House Republican calls for Pete Hegseth’s ouster
6. Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
7. Shades of Appeasement
8. Achieving Decision Dominance: Leveraging AI in Small Wars
9. Troops can now detain, search people on newly minted military land on the border
10. The Conventional Balance of Terror – America Needs a New Triad to Restore Its Eroding Deterrence
11. The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition – Trump’s New Spheres of Influence
12. How Donald Trump dismantled US-led global order in 100 days
13. USMC Anti-Ship Missile Deployment To Highly Strategic Luzon Strait Is Unprecedented
14. The China That Replaced Mine – A Return After Nearly a Decade to a Country That Never Stays Still
15. It’s China’s turn to face transnational terrorism threats
16. Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Decides Not to Keep Senior Enlisted Adviser, Breaking with Past Precedent
17. US to allies: Don’t use Chinese satellite services
18. US Army deploys solar-powered spy drone with 1,000-mile range for endurance missions
19. U.S. Navy Seeks Large Storage Facility in the Philippines by 2026
20. Air Force warns airmen, veterans of foreign intelligence recruitment ploy
21. US general says allied forces can repel Asia aggression as Philippines combat drills open
22. Close the US Military Bases in Asia
23. Revealed: Trump Admin Launches the Biggest Shake-Up ‘In Decades’ at the State Department
24. The Special Sauce: How Hegseth’s Software Memo Can Start a Revolution
25. The Counterproductive Legal Precedent That Strikes on Cartels Would Set
26. She told Trump the Smithsonian needs changing. He’s ordered her to do it.
27. A Different Kind of F.B.I. Chief: Jet-Setting Patel Loves the Limelight
28. State Dept defends human rights abuse report changes, says streamlined process eliminates ‘political bias’
29. China Is In Economic Dire Straits And They’re No Longer Able To Hide It
Korean News Content:
1. “North Korea could incite ‘4th North Korean nuclear crisis’ for leverage in US-North Korea negotiations”
2. Close the US Military Bases in Asia
3. Experts warn Trump’s tariff, troop cost plans may undermine US-South Korea alliance
4. UN aviation body to censure North Korea over GPS jamming near Incheon airport
5. China’s envoy to N. Korea says ‘blood-forged’ bilateral friendship will reach new heights
6. Russia deploying North Korean 240mm rocket launcher in Ukraine, video suggests
7. Hackers exploit virtual assets to fund North Korean ballistic missile programs
8. South Korea places fourth military spy satellite in orbit to monitor North Korea
9. South Korea resumes artillery drills at US range on North Korea’s doorstep
10. Meet the Fayetteville-grown four-star general leading 3 different commands in Korea.
11. Will a Second Trump Presidency be Friendly to North Korea?
12. PPP shortlists 4 contenders for presidential election
13. Closest aide to N. Korean leader absent from public view for 2 months
14. Finance minister says will work to resolidify S. Korea-U.S. alliance
15. Senior S. Korean, U.S. Army officials discuss security cooperation in video talks
16. “North Korea gives up corn cultivation because it can’t stop thieves?”
