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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 24
2. How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
3. American Bargain Hunters Flock to a New Online Platform Forged in China
4. China stages 'strike drills' around Taiwan, citing provocation
5. China Aims to Rebuild US Ties in Diplomatic Push for 2023
6. Twitter Files part 9: Vast web of coordination between tech giant and CIA, State Department, other agencies
7. Ten Myths About US Aid To Ukraine – Analysis
8. Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a 'geopolitical earthquake' that defined 2022 and has transformed the world for years to come
9. German allegedly spying for Moscow used NSA material, magazine says
10. TikTok admits to spying on U.S. users as effort to ban the app heats up
11. ChatGPT’s rise heralds brave new world where AI could rule over replaceable humans
12. Inside the monumental, stop-start effort to arm Ukraine
13. Opinion: Russia's war in Ukraine will be long and protracted
14. Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea to hold key party meeting this week for 2023 policies
2. Defector-turned-lawmaker warns N.K. leader against phishing scams
3. U.S. flaunts deterrence capabilities in exercise near Korean Peninsula
4.  [Editorial] Centralize the effort to combat cyber warfare (South Korea)
5. [Column] Argument for a Korean War archive
6. North Korea hacked 892 foreign policy experts
7. [Newsmaker] Kim Keon-hee expands role as first lady
8. US to Deploy Battalion-level Troops for Combined High-Tech Combat Training Next Year
9. Seoul's roundabout plan to compensate Japan's wartime forced labor victims appears to be in motion

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 23
2. How the Battle for the Donbas Shaped Ukraine’s Success
3. Interview with Professor Kong Jierong: Xi Jinping lost the respect of the Chinese people
4. OPINION: Unbreakable Resilience (Ukraine)
5. How an Unusual Coalition Outfoxed China and Russia at the U.N.
6. China angered, Taiwan cheered by new U.S. defence act
7. Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers
8. How Much Time Does Taiwan Have?
9. Biden Signs National Defense Authorization Act Into Law
10. Mike Waltz petitions Joe Biden on behalf of Afghan commando arrested near the border
11. The CIA is using a European NATO ally’s spy service to conduct a covert sabotage campaign inside Russia
12. How are Western tech companies helping Ukraine fight Russia's hackers?
13.  Volodymyr Zelensky Is Unstoppable
14. U.S. colonel says troops watching outside Ukraine "ready if the call comes"
15. How Would a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Play Out?
16. Three foreign policy developments to watch for in 2023
17. Game changing year of troubles, conflicts ends in Asia
18. China is about to get tougher on deepfakes in an unprecedented way. Here's what the rules mean
19. Breaking China’s Hold
20. How Twitter hid US-military info ops from the public - Responsible Statecraft

Korean News Content:

1. An interview with a high-ranking N. Korean cadre about weapons exports to Russia
2. S. Korea holds regular Dokdo defense drills: source
3. PM reaffirms S. Korea's support for Ukraine in phone talks
4. Submission on Rights of Women and Girls in North Korea for the Special Rapporteur’s Report to the 52nd Human Rights Council Session in March 2023
5. China denies presence of 'secret police station' in Korea
6. Is President Yoon an American conservative?
7. Nat'l Assembly passes 2023 budget, cuts corporate tax
8. Chinese patrol boat fires on North Korean smuggling vessel in late November
9. S. Korean, Romanian defense chiefs discuss security cooperation
10. North Korea inspects party membership cards after alcohol bill goes unpaid
11.  The Drive Toward Larger and More Powerful Launch Vehicles at Sohae
12. South Korea ramps up arms exports in goal to become world supplier
13. North Korea blames U.S. for Ukraine "bloodshed" after Wagner arms reports
14. President Biden signs legislation in Otto Warmbier’s name
15. North Korea blasting to stay relevant in new Cold War
16. Three foreign policy developments to watch for in 2023
17. The Greatest Threat to World Peace: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un?
 

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 22
2. White House: Russia's Wagner received arms from North Korea
3. Putin Should Be Scared: Wagner Group is Using North Korean Arms in Ukraine
4. EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists
5. More Money For Info Ops, Army Recruiting, Cyber In Omnibus
6. China’s Soaring Covid Cases Push Economic Activity Off A Cliff
7. How a Luxury Business Jet Was Transformed Into the World’s Most Sophisticated Spyplane
8. Strategy, not economics, should govern high-tech trade with China
9. Japan steps closer to global military power
10. Open Secrets - Ukraine and the Next Intelligence Revolution
11. Army School Honors Two Special Forces Soldiers
12. Joe Biden inches toward war with Iran, makes Israel full military partner
13. Ukraine's heavy artillery, not high-tech anti-tank missiles, is what stopped Russia's rush to Kyiv, experts say
14. Ukraine and the Carol of the Bells
15. Senate Reaches Breakthrough and Passes $1.7T Omnibus Funding Bill
16. Putin declares ‘war’ – aloud – forsaking his special euphemistic operation
17. Cybercom disrupted Russian and Iranian hackers throughout the midterms

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: S. Korean military
2. Former President Lee, ex-South Gyeongsang governor tapped for presidential pardons
3.  N. Korea has offered arms to Russia's military group Wagner: U.S.
4. North Korea denies news report of munition supplies to Russia
5. South Korea condemns North for selling arms to Russian military
6. N. Korea denounces U.S.-led UNSC discussions against its missile launches
7. Will North Korea Really Do a Full-Range ICBM Test?
8. Seoul restaurant suspected as secret Chinese police station said to close next month
9. North Korea’s Nuclear Missile Arsenal Is a Clear Threat to America
10. Training scenarios to be adjusted as North threat evolves
11. The Next Big Thing? North Korea Ground Tests ICBM-sized Solid Rocket Motor
12. South Korea expects more military drills with US next year
13. Arms tests vs war drills ad infinitum in Korea
14. Defector:  Hundreds of North Korean Boats with Defectors Forcibly Returned to North Korea in 2017 & 2018
15. Why asking 'how old are you?' isn't rude in South Korea
16. More missing North Koreans amid colder weather and food shortages
17. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Kim Jong-un regime strengthens state-run food store network to sell food at prices cheaper than markets
18. China Relations Key to Situation in North Korea
19. Don’t Isolate North Korea
20. Securing America - Frank Gaffney With Col. David Maxwell, Suzanne Scholte and Dede Laugesen

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 21
2. Hero Commander of SEAL Team 1 Found Dead in California Home
3. Russian Hackers’ Latest Target Is Cab Dispatch Line at J.F.K., U.S. Says
4. Five takeaways from Zelensky’s trip to Washington
5. Zelenskyy to America: Our Fight Is Your Fight
6. CCP: Who makes up the party
7. How Spies Spread the Myth of China’s Peaceful Rise
8. Downgrade counter-terrorism efforts at your peril
9. The Pentagon is in its AI era: 5 stories from 2022
10. Fear, Honor, and Interest in the Arctic: The Case for Realism and Transactional Balancing
11. How to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, Part 1
12. How to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, Part 2
13. Zelenskyy thanks 'every American,' sees 'turning point'
14. Amid a show of unity, Zelensky and Biden differ on some war needs
15. Inside the Army’s Newest Spy Plane
16. Musk Has Reduced Twitter’s Ability to Spot Foreign Disinformation, a Former Data Scientist Says
17. China’s Threat to Global Democracy
18. Volodymyr Zelensky's address to U.S. Congress (full text)
19. How Huawei is winning over the global south
20. SOF Week Replaces SOFIC In 2023

Korean News Content:

1. Kim Jong-un's Sister Erupts Again
2. North warns U.S. that any military action would be 'toying with suicide'
3. U.S. Treasury begins exempting humanitarian aid from sanctions
4. They Escaped North Korea. Now Some of Them Are Suing Kim Jong Un.
5. S. Korea, US mulling massive live-fire drills next year to mark 70th year of alliance: ministry
6. Information warfare (Korea)
7. S. Korea plans to announce full details of Indo-Pacific strategy next week: ministry
8. N. Korea to step up cyber attacks against S. Korea next year: Seoul spy agency
9. North Korea may propose 'surprise talks' to US next year: expert
10. Korea to introduce human trafficking act to better protect victims
11. S. Korea releases high-resolution satellite photo of Pyongyang
12. A Year in Brinkmanship on the Korean Peninsula
13. Seoul: North Korean hackers stole $1.2B in virtual assets
 

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 20
2. TARGET RUSSIA’S CAPABILITY, NOT ITS INTENT
3. ‘We were allowed to be slaughtered’: calls by Russian forces intercepted
4. It’s Time to Worry About Deepfakes Again
5. The viral AI avatar app Lensa undressed me—without my consent
6. Zelensky's D.C. trip
7. Congress moves to ban TikTok from US government devices
8. Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Is Headed To Washington
9. Agents say Diplomatic Security Service riven by mismanagement and failing key missions
10. Will Congress Abandon Afghan Allies?
11. War vet Jack McCain wants Congress to help the Afghan pilots who kept him safe
12. Putin’s Last Stand
13. Kissinger’s ‘realism’ matches Biden’s policy, but not Putin’s reality
14. The Dawn of Drone Diplomacy
15. Cyber Command conducted offensive operations to protect midterm elections
16. Alabama's Auburn University has blocked TikTok for all students and faculty on campus and other publicly-funded universities may soon follow suit
17. Opinion | How the algorithm tipped the balance in Ukraine (Part 1)
18. Opinion | A ‘good’ war gave the algorithm its opening, but dangers lurk (Part 2)
19. Putin’s Cronies Turn on Russian Elite in Paranoid War Frenzy
20. The incredible shrinking Army: NDAA end strength levels are a mistake
21.Will the headwinds facing China force Xi to rethink his plans to take Taiwan?
22. 2023 Irregular Warfare Initiative Fellows Announcement
23. Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan
24. The AP Interview: Vermont Sen. Leahy ponders his legacy
25. No One Would Win a Long War in Ukraine
26. A Free World, If You Can Keep It
27. Zelensky Knows the Clock Is Ticking
28. The U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group Gets Busy
29. Is AI the right fit for predictive military maintenance?
30. ‘I’m about to die’ — Former Army paratrooper describes surviving a jump with a broken parachute

Korean News Content:

1. Joe Biden's 'Strategic Patience' on North Korea Is a Historic Mistake
2. N. Korea to hold children's union congress for first time in five years
3. [Herald Interview] ‘Success stories of escapees threaten North Korean regime’
4. Stronger, faster, higher: How North Korea built a fearsome missile arsenal
5. Tour of Pyongyang reveals massive wealth gap to North Korean farmers
6. Academic paper proves BTS fandom impact on Korea’s national image
7. S. Korea, U.S. to develop 'realistic' training scenarios on N.K. nuke, missile threats
8. U.S. F-22 fighters return home after allied drills canceled due to bad weather
9. Seoul investigates alleged presence of secret Chinese police station
10. N. Korea’s Forestry Act makes it harder for people to obtain firewood for heating
11. N. Korea demands elementary schools modernize IT-related education
12. Korea to broaden diplomatic horizon through cooperation with Pacific island nations: FM
13. North Korea takes aim at US

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 19

2. Wartime Ukraine erasing Russian past from public spaces

3. The U.S. Needs to Change the Way It Does Business With China

4. Factbox: How many people might die, and why, under relaxed China COVID curbs

5. The Pentagon says it has helped Ukraine thwart Russian cyberattacks.

6. Why the Marine Corps may nix gender identifiers for drill instructors

7. New House Panel on China to Scrutinize US Investments in Country

8. Assessing “Reflections on Net Assessment” by Andrew W. Marshall, Edited by Jeffrey S. McKitrick and Robert G. Angevine

9. The Terrorist Threats and Trends to Watch Out for in 2023 and Beyond

10. US officials tried to stop Ukraine from killing high-ranking Russian general who was on a risky visit to the front lines, report says

11. The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers – 35 Years Later

12. The Top Ten Global Risks of 2023

13. Defending Ukraine: the World's Frontline of Freedom

14. Chinese Liaoning Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in the Philippine Sea

15. ‘Lacking Credibility, Lacking Confidence From the People … Is Xi Xinping’s Greatest Vulnerability’

16. Washington is waking up on weapons for Taiwan

17. Taiwanese Flock to Civil Defense Training Ahead of Potential Chinese Invasion

18. Barriers still prevent women from joining special ops, watchdog says

19. Partisan Bills Hurt Cybersecurity

20. Send the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb to Ukraine

21. It’s not just the EU that needs to scrutinize Qatar’s influence campaigns

22. The High Cost of American Heavy-Handedness

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea, U.S. stage combined air drills involving America's B-52H bombers, F-22 fighters

2. NK leader's sister dismisses doubts about N. Korea's satellite, ICBM technologies

3. North Korea to Finish Preparations for Spy Satellite by April

4. N. Korea warns of 'actual action' against Japan's counterstrike capability policy

5. Rights watchdog welcomes passage of N. Korean human rights resolution

6. U.S., Japan to revise guidelines for defense cooperation

7. North Korea's record-setting missile tests are showing off weapons it has tried to keep hidden for decades

8.  In 1996, A North Korean Submarine Nearly Sparked a War

9.  Inside N. Korea’s Internet-based foreign currency-earning activities

10. U.S. F-22s in Korea for training near Jeju with Korean, U.S aircraft

11. N. Korean air force commander executed for failing to properly maintain drones

12. Kim Yo-jong goes ballistic as South pooh-poohs latest launch

13. Hanwha Systems to develop NATO-compliant secure radio network

14. Korea needs preemptive measures against Japan's new security strategy

15. Making a big deal is unrealistic to denuclearize North Korea

16. Ep.24 David Maxwell: Recalibrating Deterrence Against an Evolving DPRK Nuclear Threat

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 18
2. Putin heads for Belarus amid fears of new assault on Ukraine
3. China reports first COVID deaths in weeks as official count questioned
4. Military Spending Surges, Creating New Boom for Arms Makers
5. Night-time drone attack hits Kyiv as Putin heads to Belarus
6. China could see nearly a million deaths as it exits zero-Covid, study says
7. IntelBrief: Iran Escalates Crackdown in Latest Attempt to Quell Uprising
8. Key Terrain Cyber: Cyberspace Warfare Reading List
9. FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review
10. Key Flaws Hamstring Russia Oil Price Cap
11. Iran says it will launch two satellites into space in coming months
12. Protecting and Securing Data from the Quantum Threat
13. Deterrence and Commitment Across the Taiwan Strait: Lessons from Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy
14. A Russian tank unit deliberately attacked another Russian position in Ukraine, report says, illustrating vicious rivalries within Putin's army
15. EXPLAINER: Why Japan is boosting its arms capability, budget
16. Resist to Deter: Why Taiwan Needs to Focus on Irregular Warfare
17. America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation
 

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea says it conducted 'important' test for developing reconnaissance satellite
2. N. Korea to stay away from denuclearization talks in 2023: think tank
3. North Korea Launches Two Missiles, Adding to a Historic Year of Weapons Testing
4. South Korea Accuses the North of Launching Missiles. The North Says It Was a Satellite Test.
5. Pyongyang student dies in police detention after arrest for distributing foreign videos
6. Japan 'counterstrike capabilities' raise constitutional questions (for Korea)
7. Military buildup of Japan, Australia sparks regional arms race - North Korea expected to exploit military buildup
8. Yoon's office says Japan needs to seek S. Korea's approval on Korean Peninsula matters
9. Yoon's office voices regret over 'malicious' editing by news channel YTN
10. Iran says it will launch two satellites into space in coming months
11. Korea's Dokdo sovereignty and San Francisco Peace Treaty
12. Indian embassy prepares for 'golden jubilee' of Korea-India ties
13. Game of mouse and cat: why war on NK hacking is still losing battle
14. Is Russia Receiving Weapons From North Korea?

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 17
2. What Russia Got Wrong
3. Russia Can Finally See That Putin’s ‘Days Are Numbered’
4. The National Defense Strategy shows the Pentagon’s increased focus on the gray zone. Here’s what that means.
5. Russian disinformation rampant on far-right social media platforms
6. White paper protests end 'zero Covid' and rock China’s balance of power
7. Putin's War - Better Understand the Russia-Ukraine War
8. The China-Russia ‘Alliance’: Double the Danger or Limited Partnership?
9. Russia Can Finally See That Putin’s ‘Days Are Numbered’
10. China’s Belt and Road comes untracked in SE Europe
11. No clear path to US-China reconciliation
12. The fentanyl wars: China, Mexico and the US
13. Pentagon's New UFO Office: No Aliens But Many Threat Concerns
14. The Multiple Streams Framework and Civil Affairs Operations
15. Biden official told members of Congress that Ukraine has ability to retake Crimea
16. The New Battle for the Arctic
17. Cyber Warfare Is Getting Real
18. “A Spy Among Friends” dramatises the treachery of Kim Philby
19. Do Right by Our Afghan Allies. Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act.
20. Retired top military officials push for bill to help Afghans
21. Flag Letter — #AfghanEvac

Korean News Content:

1.  N. Korea fires 2 medium-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: S. Korea military
2. Kim Jong-un apparently skips remembrance event for late father
3. Japan’s revisions of 3 national security documents
4. [Editorial] Tripartite security cooperation is needed
5. Korea blasts Japan's counterstrike plan, Dokdo claim
6. [ANALYSIS] Japan's rearmament to test S. Korean president's policies on Tokyo
7. US post office renamed after fallen Korean American soldier
8. [ANALYSIS] North Korea's latest weapons test aims to undermine kill chain system
9. US, S. Korea vow to counter N. Korean cyber threats in policy consultative meeting
10. Can Vietnam mirror success of 'Miracle on the Han River'?
11. S. Korean, US Navy SEALs hold bilateral exercise

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 16
2. The Sleeping Japanese Giant Awakes
3. Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals explain why the war hangs in the balance
4. Opinion | Japan is building up its military. Good.
5. CPP founder Joma Sison dies (Communist Party of the Philippines)
6. Secretary Blinken Launches the Office of China Coordination
7. Biden State Department launches 'China House' initiative, says Beijing is 'most complex' challenge
8. The Saudi-China Deal Tells Us What Autocracies Want From Each Other
9. A Wireless Intelligence Community ‘On The Horizon,' Official Says
10. Why Congress Can’t Stop the CIA From Working With Forces That Commit Abuses
11. Ukrainians Focus on Resilience a Day After Major Russian Strikes
12. Seoul protests Tokyo's new security strategy, claim to Dokdo
13. A mass exodus from Christianity is underway in America
14. War Logistics in a Globalized Economy
15. Is COVID a Common Cold Yet?
16. Where Brittney Griner spent the week: A military program for ex-hostages

Korean News Content:

1. Kwon Young-se held a briefing on North Korea policy for ambassadors of major countries and international organizations in Korea (New "brand" for unification - "UniOn")
2. (Yonhap Interview) U.S. general stresses commitment to keep 'peak'-level readiness through 'realistic' training
3. Troops trade Christmas toys for a chance to earn a rare pistol badge in South Korea
4. S. Korea's lunar orbiter Danuri starts process to enter moon orbit
5.  North Korea develops solid-fueled rocket engine
6. Full-scale inspection begins over S. Korea’s Hyunmoo missile malfunction
7. Amid food shortage, North Koreans forced to donate ‘patriotic rice’
8. No drinking, singing and fun allowed during 7 days of forced mourning for Kim Jong Il
9. North Koreans struggle to prepare for the frigid winter weather
10. Chinese yuan trades higher than ever since closure of China-North Korea border

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National Security News Content:

1. Ukraine: WAR BULLETIN  December 16, 5.00 pm EST   The two-hundred-ninety-sixths day of the resistance of the Ukrainian people to russian military large-scale invasion.

2. America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Runs Through Ukraine

3. ‘Wiped out’: War in Ukraine has decimated a once feared Russian brigade

4. DOD’s Irregular Warfare Center: Building Partnerships by Opening Up the Tent

5. Wargame Maritime COIN

6. Asian States Are Worried the U.S. Is a Perennially Distracted Superpower

7. Women in Special Operations: Improvements to Policy, Data, and Assessments Needed to Better Understand and Address Career Barriers

8. Germany Shirks Its Defense Pledge, Imperiling the Asia ‘Pivot’

9. . Who cares who wins - The mythology of the SAS

10. Ukraine air defenses counter Russian barrage but missiles hit energy targets

11. An Army at Sea: Why the New FM 3-0’s Emphasis on Maritime Operations is So Important

12. Patriot missile system not a panacea for Ukraine, experts warn

13. Biden official told members of Congress that Ukraine has ability to retake Crimea

14. Ukraine war: Kyiv says Russia planning major ground offensive in new year

15. Putin adopting style of warfare abandoned by modern armies, says UK

Korean News Content:

1. Up Front: The Role of Civil Society in North Korean Human Rights

2. US policy toward North Korea has not failed

3. N. Korea says it tested high-thrust solid-fuel engine to develop new strategic weapon

4. N. Korea seems to be prepping military parade in Pyongyang: Seoul official

5. N. Korea likely to focus on building 'three axes' of its weapons system next year: expert

6. N. Korea continues to develop military capabilities that pose threat to U.S. and allies: Kirby

7. Korea Expected to Beat Japan in Per-Capita GDP

8. North Koreans struggle to prepare for the frigid winter weather

9. US, Seoul aligned on need to change China's behavior: US official

10. UN General Assembly passes N. Korean human rights resolution for 18th consecutive year

11.  Democracy in retreat and Korea's timely co-hosting of 2023 Democracy Summit

12.  North Korea Tests New Rocket Engine to Enable Long-Range Missile Strikes