Small Wars Journal

1/27/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 01/27/2024 - 8:31am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 26, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 26, 2024
3. A Hush Heard Around the World – Why Taiwan’s Election Didn't Spark a Crisis With China
4. Ukraine Is Desperate for Artillery Rounds to Battle Russia
5. Is This Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane?
6. UNRWA Is Investigating Charges of Workers’ Involvement in Oct. 7 Attacks
7. U.S. war plans for Ukraine don’t foresee retaking lost territory
8. Houthis Attack U.S. Warship as China Urges Iran to Rein In Rebels
9. How Leaders and Diplomats Are Trying to End the Gaza War
10. Tip of the Spear - December 2023 | SOF News
11. Weekend Listening: The Right Way to Fight Illiberalism
12. Ukraine invites China's Xi to 'peace summit' - Zelenskiy's top adviser
13. Germany unearths pro-Russia disinformation campaign on X
14. Inside the Heritage Foundation’s Plans for ‘Institutionalizing Trumpism’
15. Junta Battalion Controlling Myanmar-China Trade Route Surrenders to KIA
16. Master Sergeant Half-Mast and the Scrolling Soldier: A Proposal to Renew PS Magazine
17. Is Congress Really Going to Abandon Ukraine Now?
18. China success, Western failure in revolutionary Myanmar

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. will work to 'make sure' it can protect allies over N. Korea threats: White House official
2.  N. Korea's foreign minister meets visiting Chinese vice FM: state media
3. S. Korea delivers state medal for U.S. Gen. MacArthur after 74 years
4. Pyongyang blustering not for war but out of economic frustration
5. Hyesan detention center inmates forced to make fertilizer in bitter cold
6. Pyongyang university holds struggle session after students caught bribing professors
7. Pyongyang decapitation role set out for South Korean F-35s
8. North Korea cracks down on theft of electricity meant for industry
9. <Inside N. Korea> Equality and corruption stemming from government push for elite education… “classes for gifted students” prioritized over ensuring equal educational opportunities for all
10. South Korea–Ukraine partnership charged with reenergising Europe’s battery market
11. Seoul’s spy agency accuses China of major cyber attacks
12.  U.S.-ROK Alliance: Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of a Great Friendship
13. An Open Letter to Independent Lens about “Beyond Utopia”