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1/21/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 01/21/2024 - 12:04pm

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 20, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 20, 2024
3. Ukraine Schools Roll Out Shooting Training for Students
4. U.S. Pushes Hostage-Release Plan Aimed at Ending Gaza War
5. How the U.S. Is Derailing China’s Influence in Africa
6. Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC)
7. Will the Houthis Target U.S. Troops in Djibouti Next?
8. Myanmar Conflict Unveils Complex Dynamics of China's Interests  
9. The Urgent Mission to Counter Military Extremism
10.Houthis Avoid Targeting Chinese and Russian Ships in Red Sea
11. The Navy relieved 16 commanding officers in 2023
12. Experts predict how a future Russian attack on NATO will unfold
13. Readout of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Meeting With "Five Eyes" Defense Policy Senior Officials
14. ‘We killed many … drones are our air force’: Myanmar’s rebels take on the junta from above
15. China is the world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ says
16. How Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea Upended Global Shipping

Korean News Content:

1. Haley to air New Hampshire ad with mother of student who died after North Korea detention
2. Beyond Utopia | North Korea Escape Documentary | Independent Lens (PBS)
3. British investigators confirm use of missiles from DPRK by Russia
4. The Korean Crisis – OpEd
5. Kim Jong-un and need for consensus
6. Russian ambassador sees Korea as ‘most favorable’ among ‘unfavorable nations’
7. The Korean peninsula is as divided as ever
8. Airfields are disappearing, suggesting a shift to drones (north Korea)
9. N. Korea condemns U.N. Security Council meeting on its hypersonic missile test
10. S. Korea to end anti-dumping tariff on Japanese stainless steel bars
11. N.K. says Putin expressed willingness to visit Pyongyang at early date
12. North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an early date
13. Guerrillas Recommended for Intelligence & Sabotage Work (23 JAN 1951)
14. Exports of kimchi hit record high in 2023 amid global K-content popularity
15. S. Korea sees N.K.'s claimed test of underwater nuclear attack drone as 'exaggerated, fabricated'

1/20/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 01/20/2024 - 10:08am

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 19, 2024

2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 19, 2024

3. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, January 19, 2024

4. Exclusive: Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen, sources say

5. Heard in Davos: What we learned from the WEF in 2024

6. The Framework to Counter Foreign State Information Manipulation

7. Disinformation poses an unprecedented threat in 2024 — and the U.S. is less ready than ever

8. Taiwan's Election Offers Strong Lessons on Disinformation

9. Fighting Disinformation in a Dangerous Year

10. China helps Pacific Islands with policing, not defence - ambassador

11. Will China Move Toward a ‘War-Driven’ Economy?

12. China’s Belt and Road and Its Alternatives: Competing or Complementary?

13. 21st Century Chinese Hegemony in the International System

14. Washington Is Exaggerating China’s Military Budgets

15. Goodbye to Davos — and good riddance

16. The free world comes out swinging

17. China courts global elite at Davos with largest presence in years

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. diplomat calls for world not to stay silent on N. Korean human rights

2. Slow Boil: What to Expect from the DPRK in 2024

3. Is Diplomacy Between the U.S. and North Korea Possible in 2024?

4. U.S. calls on N. Korea to refrain from 'provocative' actions after claimed underwater nuclear weapons system test

5. EXPLAINED: Is North Korea Preparing for War?

6. 'Beyond Utopia' sheds light on NK defectors' quest for freedom

7. North Korea Tests New Solid IRBM With MaRV Payload

8. Relitigating the Past: How to Overcome Recent Court Cases and Strengthen the Japan-South Korea Relationship

9. Heard in Davos: What we learned from the WEF in 2024

10. Exclusive: Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen, sources say

11. Nuclear Consultative Group: What should be done in 2024?

12. ‘If I don’t have a dream, what on Earth is the point of living?’

1/19/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 10:13am

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National Security News Content:

1. In Memoriam Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr.
2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2024
3. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 18, 2024
4. Israel Intensifies Raids Against Palestinians in West Bank
5. Israel-Gaza war live updates: Houthis target tanker in third attack on commercial shipping in three days
6. China’s Economy Is in Serious Trouble by Paul Krugman
7. Defense chief Austin asked to testify before Congress on hospital secrecy
8. Japan will attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon precisely
9. Ukraine is piling pressure on China to help it end the war. But Beijing’s plans for peace are focused on Gaza
10. The Principle of Proportionality in the DoD Law of War Manual
11. Military-technological cooperation across the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific
12. After Taiwan's election, its new envoy to the US offers assurances to Washington and Beijing
13. Where might the US station its B-21 bombers to deter China?
14. Taiwan’s Democracy Draws Envy and Tears for Visiting Chinese
15. Challenges And Prospects For Peace In Southeast And East Asia Is Acknowledged As ‘Navigating Complexities’
16. How cyberscams are drawing China into Myanmar’s civil war
17. West Must Be Prepared For War With Russia, NATO Official Warns Ahead Of Major Military Drills
18. Recent GPS Failures in Poland and Baltic States Blamed on Russian Electronic Warfare Trials
19. Gaza’s Underground: Hamas’s Entire Politico-Military Strategy Rests on Its Tunnels
20. Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians Remains Possible
21. Triple threat: N Korea, Iran flaunt new missile tech to Russia
22. The War in Ukraine Now Has Its First Draft – The One Element Keeping Ukraine From Total Defeat
23. ‘Wake up!’ European lawmakers warn Washington over Ukraine aid delays
24. US battle with Houthi rebels shows no signs of stopping
25. US Military Can’t Sustain Arctic Operations, ‘Let Alone Dominate,’ Experts Say
26. Why an Army Special Forces vet remains in custody on Jan. 6 charges

Korean News Content:

1. Is North Korea Really Getting Ready for a War Against America?
2. N.K. says it tested underwater nuclear weapons system in response to trilateral drills
3. UNSC holds closed-door meeting on N. Korean issues amid heightened peninsula tensions
4. N. Korean foreign minister returns home after trip to Russia
5. Top diplomats of N. Korea, Russia discuss 'upcoming political contacts': reports
6. S. Korea's military power 5th in world; N. Korea ranks 36th: index
7. North Korea’s Missiles Are Being Tested on the Battlefields of Ukraine
8. Assessing South Korea’s Nuclear Dilemma Amid Pyongyang’s Live-Drills
9. North Korea threat could change 'drastically' given Russia cooperation-US official
10. North Korea says it has tested another underwater nuclear drone
11. North Korea teens get 12 years' hard labour for watching K-pop - video
12. North Korea: Rare footage shows teens sentenced to hard labour over K-drama
13. North Koreans Executed By Kim Regime For Violating COVID Restrictions
14. Kim Jong Un is daring Seoul to escalate. Both Koreas must step back from brink.
15. North Korea Doesn’t Want Reunification — or War
16. Kim Jong Un’s Declaration of a Hostile Relationship Between North and South Korea Is a Big Deal
17. Kim Jong Un observed getting off Benz SUV worth 260 million won
18. S Korea calls for UN action amid escalating N Korean provocations
19. What occurred behind the veil in N.Korea 2020-2023…A disaster unfolding due to shifts in the Kim Jong-un regime’s policies…Part 2: The impact of the border closure…escape is now almost impossible
20. Inmates in North Korea’s prisons still face dire conditions
21. N. Koreans quietly speculate about Kim Jong Un’s successor
22. N. Korea’s police agency chastised for impolite language in reports to Kim Jong Un
23. Camp Humphreys gives all-clear on tap water following quality concerns
24. Triple threat: N Korea, Iran flaunt new missile tech to Russia
 

In Memoriam Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr.

Thu, 01/18/2024 - 2:47pm

In Memoriam Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr.

Small Wars Journal is saddened to acknowledge the death of Major General Robert Hinds Scales, Jr. (5 August 1944 – 12 January 2024). General Scales was a founding Small Wars Journal–El Centro Fellow. General Scales was a 1966 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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Robert H. Scales was involved as a founding SWJEl Centro Fellow until his death in January 2024.He was one of America’s best known and most respected authorities on land warfare. He was President of Colgen, Inc, a consulting firm specializing in issues relating to landpower, wargaming and strategic leadership. Prior to joining the private sector Dr. Scales served over thirty years in the Army, retiring as a Major General. He commanded two units in Vietnam, winning the Silver Star for action during the battles around Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill) during the summer of 1969. Subsequently, he served in command and staff positions in the United States, Germany, and Korea and ended his military career as Commandant of the United States Army War College. He is the author of Certain Victory, Firepower in Limited War, Future Warfare, Yellow Smoke: the Future of Land Warfare for America’s MilitaryThe Iraq War: a Military History (with Williamson Murray), and Texas Border Security: A Strategic Military Assessment (with Barry McCaffrey). He was a graduate of West Point and earned his PhD in history from Duke University.

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1/18/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Thu, 01/18/2024 - 9:55am

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National Security News Content:

1. Pakistan Conducts Strikes in Iran, Retaliating for Earlier Hit by Tehran

2. The First Rule of Cluster Munitions: Don’t Talk about Cluster Munitions By John Nagl and Dan Rice

3. Taiwan reports first major Chinese military activity after election

4. The Black Sea is now the center of gravity for the Ukraine War

5. Why US Airstrikes Aren’t Stopping Attacks by Iran-Backed Houthi Militia

6. DoD 'completely rewrites' classification policy for secret space programs

7. Expect a Chinese show of force against Taiwan soon, says INDOPACOM head

8. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 17, 2024

9. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 17, 2024

10. South Africa and other antisemitic genocidaires accuse Israel of genocide

11. To Defend Taiwan, the US Navy Must Retake the Ocean High Ground

12. Before Larger or More Lethal, the U.S. Navy First Needs a Maritime Strategy

13. The National Security Imperative of the Defense Appropriations Bill

14. What the Navy is learning from its fight in the Red Sea

15. Austin Leaves Hospital, Returns Home

16. Ukraine’s War of Narratives

17. The Quiet Transformation of Occupied Ukraine

18. DEI Destroys Excellence, Military Cohesion at Service Academies

19. Congress Ensures Continuity in US Policy Toward China and Taiwan

20. Of Green Berets & Secret CIA Missions

21. Zelenskyy's Battlefield Visits by Mick Ryan

22. China Has A Formidable Marine Corps But PLA's UN Peace-Keeping Fiasco Shows It's Not Battle-Hardened

23. People as a Weapons System: Moscow and Minsk’s Continued Attempts to Weaponize Migration

24. How civics education can help solve the military recruitment crisis

25. Goodbye PS Magazine

Korean News Content:

1. A Fundamental Shift or More of the Same? A Rebuttal (north Korean situation)
2. #NorthKorea: Threats and the arsenal of resistance - John Batchelor Show
3. How the Ukraine War Is Aiding North Korea’s Illicit-Arms Business
4. Hyundai and Kia Emerge as Tesla’s Biggest U.S. Rivals
5. As if We Didn’t Have Enough to Frighten Us …. (north Korea)
6. UNSC to hold consultations on N. Korea this week
7. U.S. warns against N. Korea's weapons aid to Russia after N. Korean FM's visit to Moscow
8. Number of N. Korean defectors entering S. Korea nearly triples in 2023
9. Defector-turned-lawmaker says ‘Kim Jong Un’s provocations a bluff, no need for concern’
10. Insiders say North Korea is not in any position to immediately wage war
11. N. Korean leader spotted using Mercedes-Benz SUV despite sanctions
12. Nuclear envoys of South, U.S. and Japan call on North to ditch hostile rhetoric
13. N. Korea risk, earning shocks cause Seoul's stock market to stumble
14. Kim Jong Un’s Declaration of a Hostile Relationship Between North and South Korea Is a Big Deal
15. North Korea boosts salaries, introduces cash cards for more currency control
16. N. Korea broadcasts map highlighting only northern Korean Peninsula in red
17. What occurred behind the veil in N.Korea 2020-2023…A disaster unfolding due to shifts in the Kim Jong-un regime’s policies…Part 1: A blind spot with no outside witnesses
18. N. Korean refugee-turned-scholar joins prominent think tank
19. What Hezbollah’s Fortifications Teach Us About North Korean Defenses

1/17/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 01/17/2024 - 9:01am

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 16, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 16, 2024
3. CENTCOM: Iranian Weapons Seized in VBSS, Two SEALs Missing | SOF News
4. Arsenal of Autocracy: North Korea and Iran are arming Russia in Ukraine
5. With 'God's-eye view,' secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
6. US to relist Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say
7. A freed Israeli hostage relives horrors of captivity and fears for her husband, still held in Gaza
8. How the War in Gaza Revived the Axis of Resistance
9. America Can’t Surpass China’s Power in Asia
10. Trump Is Already Reshaping Geopolitics by Graham Allison
11. Getting “Left-of-Launch” in the Counter-Drone Fight
12. Twilight of the Davos Gods: The Economic Forum Loses Its Relevance in a Time of War
13. Why Saudi Arabia Is Staying on the Sidelines in the Red Sea Conflict
14. The secret history of the Air Force One shadow fleet
15. Taiwan Learned You Can’t Fight Fake News by Making It Illegal
16. First Preemptive Strikes Against Houthi Missiles Preparing To Fire Launched By U.S.
17. Fear Not: US Military Aid to Ukraine Is Coming By Kurt Volker
18. Free Surgeries and Prescriptions: White House Staff Got Access to Military Health Care Despite Being Ineligible
19. Army has too many infantry, armor lieutenants, asks some to switch to combat-support jobs
20. Iran Will Escalate Until It Pays a Price
21. A Peaceful Solution on Taiwan Is Slipping Away
22. Israel releases data on three months of fighting in Gaza
23. Israel Hints at Lebanon Ground Operations
24. Israel SitRep: Jan. 16, 2024
25. Opinion | The Houthis sink an arrow into the West’s Achilles’ heel
26. Iran and the Houthis Don’t Get Biden’s Message

Korean News Content:

1. Putin meets N. Korean FM amid deepening military cooperation
2. S. Korea, U.S., Japan stage joint naval drill involving aircraft carrier
3. Defense chief says N. Korea appears to have made 'some progress' in hypersonic missile development
4. Unification minister visits front-line Army unit amid heightened tensions
5. Arsenal of Autocracy: North Korea and Iran are arming Russia in Ukraine
6. North Korea's Most Advanced Drones Reemerge, Solid Fuel IRBM Tested
7. Train accident in North Korea kills more than 400 people
8. N Korea's Kim abandons unification goal with South
9. Kim Jong Un urges defining S. Korea as primary foe in its constitution
10. Kim Jong Un calls for removal of unification concept
11. North Korea continues its provocations
12. After a rough run, North Korea could at last find itself 'sitting pretty' in the new year with both Russia and China courting it, Korea watcher says
13. Pyongyang likely to be Putin's 1st destination after May inauguration: experts
14. Putin meets North's top diplomat, but Kremlin light on detail
15. S Korea implements new sanctions amid Pyongyang threatsS Korea implements new sanctions amid Pyongyang threats
16. Lawyers accuse China of repatriating 100 more North Korean defectorsLawyers accuse China of repatriating 100 more North Korean defectors
17. South Korea’s spy chief vows to win public trustSouth Korea’s spy chief vows to win public trust

1/16/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 8:50am

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National Security News Content:

1. A Guide for Measuring Resiliency
2. Why the United States Had to Strike Yemen by Joseph L. Votel
3. Four retired Marine generals on how to rebuild America’s crisis response force
4. The Decatur Option (countering anti-ship attacks)
5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 15, 2024
6. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 15, 2024
7. Female Hamas Hostage Who Pleaded for Life on Bike Is Forced to Reveal Fate of 2 Fellow Israeli Captives in Sick Video
8. Iran 'Escalates' Middle East Tensions With Ballistic Missile Attack Near US Consulate in Iraq
9. Austin released from hospital after cancer surgery complications
10. Russia losses 2 aircraft, 30 artillery systems and 1,110 soldiers in one day
11. Hamas fights with a patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea
12. U.S. forces recovered Iranian warheads in Navy SEAL mission gone awry
13. Operational Art Reborn – Part Two
14. Deterring War without Threatening War: Rehabilitating the West’s Risk-averse Approach to Deterrence
15. Pentagon’s industrial strategy describes the problem, not the solution
16. The Houthis Have Backed Iran Into a Corner
17. The Military’s Insistence on Owning Commercial Intellectual Property is Limiting Innovation
18. Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear StabilityArtificial Intelligence and Nuclear Stability
19. Trust But Verify: US Troops, Artificial Intelligence, and an Uneasy Partnership
20. The Humiliation of Davos Man

Korean News Content:

1. N.K. leader calls for defining S. Korea as 'No. 1 hostile country' in constitution
2. Putin to meet N. Korean foreign minister later Tuesday: Kremlin
3. Top nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold talks this week
4. S. Korea to provide additional US$8 mln worth of humanitarian aid to civilians in Israel-Hamas war
5. N. Korea continues to operate nine re-education camps throughout the country
6. Editorial : Former President Moon believed in N. Korea’s ‘GP disablement’ without proper verification
7. Yoon presents letters of appointment to FM, spy chief
8. Korea, US agree on early launch of negotiations for defense cost sharing: sources
9. North Korea: Short On Food But Arms Aplenty – OpEd
10. Planning: 6 relay interviews with representatives of the Asian community in the Washington area
11. Hamas fights with a patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea
12. U.S. forces recovered Iranian warheads in Navy SEAL mission gone awry
13. Samsung to build all-AI, no-human chip factories
14. North Korea Says It Is No Longer Interested in Reunifying With the South
15. Kim Jong Un Has a New Enemy No. 1—and It Isn’t the U.S.

1/15/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Mon, 01/15/2024 - 10:48am

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 14, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 14, 2024
3. Ukraine’s Long-Term Path to Success: Jumpstarting a Self-Sufficient Defense Industrial Base with US and EU Support
4. Beijing Grows Assertive as Chinese Private Military Companies ‘Come Out of the Shadows’
5. The Greater Goal in Gaza
6. Readiness Redefined, But Not Measured
7. Why Philanthropists Should Become Heretics
8. U.S. Intercepts Cruise Missile Attack on Its Warship in Red Sea
9. U.S. tech companies prepare for drone attacks with new defenses
10. Biden sent private message to Tehran amid airstrikes: ‘We’re well-prepared’
11. Philippines hits back at China, says joint patrols with US not ‘provocative’
12. US tops public distrust in innovation on eve of Davos, survey shows
13. Ukrainian Sources: We Just Shot Down Two Of Russia’s Best Command Planes
14.  Resistance groups claim capture of 2 Myanmar cities
15. Navy SEALs lost at sea were searching for Yemen-bound weapons shipment
16. Special Operations News - January 15, 2024 | SOF News
17. How Hamas fooled gullible donors to fund its billion-dollar terror tunnel system
18. China Opts for Isolation of Taiwan After Democratic Vote
19. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower captain posts dog photo after strikes on Yemen
20. Why The World Is Betting Against American Democracy
21. US military academies focus on oaths and loyalty to Constitution as political divisions intensify
22. The Next Battle in Higher Ed May Strike at Its Soul: Scholarship

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea claims to have successfully launched solid-fuel hypersonic IRBM
2. Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan condemn N. Korea's missile launch
3. N.K. foreign minister leaves for Russia amid deepening military cooperation
4. S. Korea considering support measures for safe passage in Red Sea
5. North says it launched IRBM carrying hypersonic warhead
6. N. Korea to convene key parliamentary meeting amid animosity toward S. Korea
7. U.S. condemns N. Korea's missile launch as breach of UNSC resolutions
8. North Korea’s New Unification Policy: Implications and Pitfalls
9.  North Korea broke now-defunct military pact with South 3,600 times: JCS
10. Moon government accused of lax oversight of NK guard post demolition
11. Korea unveils plan to build $472 bil. mega chip cluster in Gyeonggi Province
12. North Korea tests first solid-fuel ‘hypersonic’ missile
13. A new year, same old story on the Korean Peninsula in 2024
14. Explainer: Why is North Korea testing hypersonic missiles and how do they work?
15. <Inside N. Korea> Government implements wage hike of more than 10 times (3) Wages are paid with cards as part of efforts to force people to buy food from the state
 

1/14/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sun, 01/14/2024 - 11:10am

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National Security News Content:

1. Drones Are Changing How Wars Are Fought

2. Will the Strikes on the Houthis Make any Difference?

3. C.I.A. Homes In on Hamas Leadership, U.S. Officials Say

4. Female saboteurs who poisoned 46 Russian soldiers in Crimea are on the run after shoot-out with police, say reports

5. Two Navy SEALs missing after Thursday night mission off Somalian coast

6. Opinion: Furious: How the West is Getting Things So Wrong

7. Opinion: Where is General Gerasimov and Why Does it Matter?

8. Why Taiwan’s Election Matters to the World

9. How Lloyd Austin’s medical mystery ignited a firestorm

10. Oct. 7 was the opening attack in Iran’s ‘ring of fire’ war against Israel by John Bolton

11. Austin ordered strikes from hospital where he continues to get prostate cancer care, Pentagon says

12. Biden: ‘We do not support independence’ for Taiwan

13. A Navy In Crisis: It's Time For The Conference Of Admirals

14. Human Rights Watch warns of authoritarian slide across Asia region

Korean News Content:

1. Russia Is Using North Korean Missiles in Ukraine: What Happens Next?

2. N. Korea fires suspected IRBM toward East Sea: S. Korean military

3. N. Korea's foreign minister to visit Russia this week

4. N. Korea sends delegation to Non-Aligned Movement summit in Uganda

5. North Korea fires first ballistic missile of the year Sunday

6. Crisis management with North Korea

7. Biden gives greetings on Korean American Day

8. Training soldiers: ideology, discipline and geopolitics (South Korea)

9. Taiwan election result could put S. Korea-China relations to test

10. North Korea launches suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach distant US bases

11. A Lesson on Human Suffering from a Kibbutz

12. The Age of Middle Powers Has Arrived

13. Interview: How a North Korean defector’s daring escape led him to ROK politics

14. From Moscow to Pyongyang: How Russia’s anger toward West drove it to North Korea by Andrei Lankov

1/13/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 01/13/2024 - 11:28am

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National Security News Content:

1. Analytical material on the security situation in Ukraine as of January 2024, with a forecast of the development of events for the spring campaign.

2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2024

3. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, January 12, 2024

4. Data as Ammunition: Hyper-Personalized Warfare in the Digital Age

5. Taiwan’s January 2024 Elections: What You Need to Know

6. Ukraine’s Fifth Column Shoots, Burns, and Poisons Deep Inside Russia

7. ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ Review: Dreams of Empire

8. Taiwan Voters Defy Beijing in Electing New President

9. AI Disinformation – We Need New Defenses

10. U.S. Strikes Give Yemen’s Houthis the Enemy They Long Sought

11. Yemen is a war worth fighting

12.  Why 2024 is the Voldemort of years

13. American Universities Are Post Truth

14. A Rebellion in Yale’s Secret Societies

15. Scandalous Indoctrination: Inside a Kings College Counter-Terrorism Course for UK Civil Servants

16. Myanmar insurgents virtue signaling to China

17. A Top Biden Official Is Pushing An Alarming Plan For Gaza After The War

18. Is the US prepared for war in the Far East?

19. SOF Pic of the Day: Bringing SFC Chapman Home, 2002

Korean News Content:

1. Tae Yong-ho on North Korea’s Purposeful Aggression

2. Blinken, senior Chinese official discuss N. Korea, Taiwan, Russia's war in Ukraine

3. N. Korea reportedly trades arms in Russian luxury goods

4. N. Korea halts radio station known for sending coded messages to spies in Seoul

5. [INTERVIEW] Philippines seeks to forge strategic partnership with Korea this year

6. Why 2024 is the Voldemort of years

7. Condemning China, rejecting refugees

8. North Korea to welcome Russian tourists, the country's first since the pandemic, report says

9. N. Korean grain prices continue upward trend into the New Year

10. Prices of rice sold in N. Korea’s state-run food shops similar to market prices

11. Is the US prepared for war in the Far East?

12. Veteran sculptor appointed special adviser for envisioned N.K. human rights center