3/31/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House
2. Trump Team Weighs Broader, Higher Tariffs
3. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Concludes Visit to Japan
4. Pentagon chief says US will ensure ‘deterrence’ across Taiwan Strait
5. Trump says TikTok sale deal to come before Apr 5 deadline
6. Trump administration reveals its plans to Congress to ‘abolish’ USAID
7. Once an Economy Switches from Rules to Deals, It’s Hard to Go Back
8. A Peter Thiel Protégé Is Leading Trump’s AI Strategy Against China
9. AI Experts Say We’re on the Wrong Path to Achieving Human-Like AI
10. Contributor: The woes of ‘attention capitalism’ are new, but the cure is ancient
11. Israel’s Heven Drones says its hydrogen-fueled flying robots are a military game-changer
12. The Case for Tariffs
13. Zelensky, Trump and Putin may all have done U-turns on elections in Ukraine
14. Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy
15. Is Elon Musk remaking government or breaking it?
16. Hammer & Sickle, Star & Crescent: A Postcolonial Analysis of Salafi-Jihadist Terrorism in the Former Soviet States
17. NSA Warning—Change Your iPhone And Android Message Settings
18. How NATO Patrols the Sea for Suspected Russian Sabotage
19. Catastrophic Earthquakes Test Myanmar Junta’s Grip on Power
20. Trump aide says tariffs will raise $6 trillion as White House readies plan
21. Pentagon chief Hegseth says ‘warrior’ Japan indispensable to deter China
22. Asia Responds to Washington’s ‘Global War on Trade’
23. Army reconsidering prepositioned stock strategy, ‘doubling down’ on Indo-Pacific, general says
24. Signal For Secure Comms: Convenience Over Security Without The Record-Keeping
25. The Army wants simple, cheap unmanned tech—here are some options
26. Fighting for our Future: How—and Why—We Brought Wargames to an ROTC Program
27. Europe’s Nuclear Trilemma
28. Eurodeterrent: A Vision for an Anglo-French Nuclear Force
29. How to Save a Democracy
30. Obscurity by Design: Competing Priorities for America’s China Policy
31. The Fighter-Jock Doctrine That Explains Why Trump Is Winning
Korean News Content:
1. Interview: NIS tally of North Koreans killed or injured in Ukraine war rises over 4,000
2. British Ministry of Defense: “North Korean casualties in Russia likely to have exceeded 5,000”
3. Ministry of Unification: “Intention to Strengthen Ideological Control of All Classes” in Large-Scale Training of North Korean Boy Scout Leaders
4. [North Korea in Documents] A World Where Only ‘Loyalty’ and ‘Favor’ Survive… North Korea’s Name Control
5. Defense ministry reaffirms USFK’s role in keeping peace on Korean Peninsula
6. S. Korea on edge as US eyes USFK role in Taiwan contingencies
7. Korea’s Hanbit Unit marks 12th year of deployment to South Sudan
8. Arms agency chief visits Romania for talks on defense industry cooperation
9. Hanwha Group chief transfers half of his stake to 3 sons, completing leadership succession
10. S. Korea fully preparing for U.S.’ reciprocal tariffs: trade minister
11. Acting president vows unwavering support for chip industry
12. Trump trade adviser defends tariffs, cites Korea’s impact on US manufacturing
13. What are Korea’s bargaining chips against Trump’s reciprocal tariffs?
14. Exclusive: CHIPS Office hit by 80% staff cut amid policy shift, Korean American official resigns
15. Ruling party urges Constitutional Court to make swift ruling on Yoon’s impeachment
16. Opposition leader tops poll as Korea braces for Yoon’s impeachment ruling
17. Constitutional Court justices reviewing Yoon’s impeachment case with ‘extra care’: court official
18. S. Korea to let defense firms propose weapons systems under new acquisition model
19. Korean firms chase $2 trillion overseas orders with green, nuclear projects
20. Defense chief calls for ‘prudent’ live-fire drills to prevent wildfires
21. On-site probe begins into point of ignition for Uiseong wildfires
22. North Korea Carves Workers’ Party Propaganda Slogans on New Apartment, Factory Walls
