Small Wars Journal

4/13/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 04/13/2022 - 9:08am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 12 (PUTIN'S WAR)
2.  Ukraine War Update - April 13, 2022 | SOF News
3. 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
4. Biden: Russia war a 'genocide,' trying to 'wipe out' Ukraine
5. Pentagon: ‘Roughly 8 to 10 Flights a Day’ Full of Aid for Ukraine Pouring into Europe
6. Pentagon leaders to meet Wednesday with top defense contractors about Ukraine
7. FDD | Senate Unanimously Approves Lend-Lease Act to Expedite Aid to Ukraine
8. FDD | Justice Department Disrupts Russian Malware With Help from Private Sector
9. As war rages in Ukraine, how much has the US learned from Vietnam?
10. FDD | Iran’s Centrifuge Manufacturing Goes Underground
11. Russia is not the only nation threatening its neighbors
12. FDD | Biden, like Obama, talks tough but does little about Putin’s war crimes
13. The Army has a program that lets you try out for Special Forces right off the street, but not all Green Berets are fans of it
14. Taiwan issues first war survival handbook amid China threat
15. Opinion | The Marine Corps' culture has to change
16. Putin is holding GPS hostage – Here’s how to get it back
17. INTO THE MILITARY METAVERSE: An empty buzzword or a virtual resource for the Pentagon?
18. A Ukrainian State of Mind
19. Opinion | What Do We Do if Putin Uses Chemical Weapons?
20. Pentagon looks to vastly expand weapons for Ukraine

Korean News Content:

1. Yoon picks U.S.-friendly lawmaker for foreign minister, closest prosecutor for justice minister
2. 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: North Korea
3. Biden Could Visit Korea Next Month
4. U.S. hopes justice will be achieved for N. Koreans facing human rights abuses: U.S. official
5. Former nuke envoy urges caution on sanctions relief for N. Korea
6. N. Korea uses space program to disguise ballistic missile development: U.S. military intelligence
7. Yoon fills 9 more positions including foreign minister
8. State Dept. report wags finger at [South] Korea for corruption
9. What Cabinet nominations say about Yoon's foreign policy, security posture
10. Challenges to the Yoon administration
11. U.S. crypto researcher sentenced to five years for helping North Korea evade sanctions
12. South Korea signals nuclear fuel U-turn as global energy crisis looms
13. Chinese ambassador warns against a second THAAD battery in South Korea
14. World Insights: South Korea gripped with fear over U.S. bioweapons labs
15. Bellicose or bluster? How South Koreans see the North’s nuclear threat
16. North Korea has become even more isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic
17. Falling off the wagon Kim? Chubby-looking North Korean dictator looks to have piled back on the pounds
18. South Korea’s Next Foreign Minister Finishes Fence-Mending Visit to Washington
19. South Korea Picks Harvard-Educated Conservative as Top Diplomat
20. S. Korea, U.S. begin preparatory drills ahead of major combined training