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National Security News Content:

1. SOCOM chief sees 'renaissance' for special forces amid great power competition, evolving warfare
2. How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces
3. Military technology on display at Tampa trade show
4. SNC: Engineering the Future of Special Operations
5. 'Power of Partnerships' Is Focus of Special Operations Forces Convention
6. US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says
7. TikTok Sues to Block U.S. Ban
8. US military finishes Gaza pier, but plans to move it into place paused
9. Chinese warplane fired flares, put Australian Navy helicopter in danger, Canberra says
10. Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators
11. Explainer: how 'AI killer robots' are threatening global security
12. The US Has Never Pivoted to the Indo-Pacific
13. Israeli and Hamas Negotiators Are in Cairo Under Pressure for Cease Fire
14. Israel hasn't crossed "red line" with current Rafah operation, U.S. officials say
15. Decline of Senior Officer Integrity and Civilian Control of the Military
16. Ukraine’s Strained Military Tries a New Style of Recruitment
17. The Original Sin of Biden’s Foreign Policy
18. No, This Is Not a Cold War—Yet
19. East Asia’s Coming Population Collapse
20. Why Ukraine Should Keep Striking Russian Oil Refineries
 

Korean News Content:

1. Ex-Pentagon official stresses need for war plan rethink, swift OPCON transfer, USFK overhaul
2. North Korea and Iran — a new anti-Western alliance?
3. Exclusive: Ukraine examines N.Korean missile debris amid fears of Moscow-Pyongyang axis
4. Chinese warplane fired flares, put Australian Navy helicopter in danger, Canberra says
5. N. Korean leader congratulates Putin on inauguration
6. N. Korea's ex-propaganda chief Kim Ki-nam dies at 94: KCNA
7.  Ex-President Moon's memoir to be out later this month
8. Young N. Koreans question why the state demands absolute loyalty
9. After 7 infants die in North Korean orphanage, workers arrested for stealing food
10. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Recruitment for the world's longest military service (3)　Poor supplies, uniforms are late in coming, and thieves...Regime forces people to donate supplies to military
11. N. Korea is mysteriously delaying its constitutional amendment
12. Former North Korean diplomat named president of unification institute
13. What comes after UN Panel of Experts?
14. South Korea Plans $7 Billion Push to Pivot EV Battery Industry Away From China
15. South Korea holds live-fire drills to defend islands on North Korea’s doorstep
16. A Surprise South Korean Boom Is Going Unnoticed
17. Slaves to the Bomb: The Role and Fate of North Korea's Nuclear Scientists

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National Security News Content:

1. Ghosts in the Machine: Irregular recruitment for an irregular force
2. Special Ops a Steady Presence in Chaotic World
3. Air Force Special Operators Developing Drone-Launched Swarms
4. GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE: Pathfinding, Transforming to Deter, Defeat Special Ops’ Evolving Enemies
5. Main Street on a Flattop aka Operation Flattop
6. HOPE, DELUSION, AND REALITY Joint Force Campaigning
7. Divisions in the Dirt: The Army’s plan for the next big war
8. US Troop Levels in Pacific Take Center Stage as Defense Secretary Huddles with Allied Defense Leaders
9. American troops return to strategic islands near Taiwan for air-assault practice
10. Will DOD need to start producing some medicines to protect troops?
11. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 6, 2024
12. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 6, 2024
13. U.S. Soldier Detained in Russia
14. Secure at Home, Putin Builds on the Alliances He Needs to Prevail in Ukraine
15. How DC became obsessed with a potential 2027 Chinese invasion of Taiwan
16. One defense strategy, two drastically different budgets
17. Soldier Shot During Special Forces Training Event After Live Ammo Mixed in with Blanks
18. Demonstration will bring simulated gunfire, helicopters to Florida during Special Operations Forces Week
19. The Drone Dilemma and the U.S. Air Force
20. America’s China Strategy Has a Credibility Problem
21. The Secret to Japanese and South Korean Innovation

Korean News Content:

1. A harsh fate for a North Korean defector
2. North Korea tests liquid propellant rocket engine: research group
3. N. Korean minister says Pyongyang ready to cooperate with Iranian carmaker Saipa
4. N. Korea promotes maternity protection policy amid low birthrate
5. FM's China visit to offer chance for improved relations
6. N. Korea's premier calls for enhancing irrigation amid food shortages
7. U.S. Soldier Detained in Russia (was serving in South Korea)
8. Secure at Home, Putin Builds on the Alliances He Needs to Prevail in Ukraine
9. Top S. Korean envoy to Russia attends Putin's inauguration ceremony: Seoul official
10. N. Korean military creates new department to boost use of AI technology
11. N. Korean police crack down on non-socialist behavior on trains
12. Outlines of China-North Korea agreement on defector repatriation shared with N. Korean public
13. Remains of N. Korean workers who died in Russia returned to families
14. The Secret to Japanese and South Korean Innovation
 

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National Security News Content:

1. Too few planners understand what special operators can do today
2. US AC-130J Ghostrider Destroys Chinese ‘Fishing Boat’ In Rare Military Drills Targeting Notorious Vessels
3. USSOCOM to deploy next-generation communications for sUAS in contested scenarios
4. The V-22 Osprey Is the U.S. Military's Problem Child Helicopter
5. The Pentagon is investigating whether special operators have committed war crimes, and if their commanders have even been checking
6. The dizzying pace of Ukrainian drone innovation
7. US command rites take on sharp tone over China’s ‘troubling actions’
8. China’s Chilling Cognitive Warfare Plans
9. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 5, 2024
10. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 5, 2024
11. How to Use and Misuse History in Cold War II With China
12. How TikTok Is Wiring Gen Z’s Money Brain
13. US about to build a whole lot more ATACMS
14. Foreign intelligence services are contracting out killings to gangs
15. In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice

Korean News Content:

1. INTERVIEW: Former North Korean diplomat on the drawbacks of being elite
2. Why North Korea's New M2020 Main Battle Tank Is Flashy Garbage
3. N.K. leader calls on public security officials to 'firmly defend' state unity
4. S. Korea, China in final stage of talks on FM Cho's visit to Beijing
5. Indonesia proposes cutting payment for joint fighter jet project with S. Korea to one-third
6. US election will 'never undermine bilateral business foundations' with Korea: KCCI chief
7. South Korea’s population to shrink to 39 million by 2065
8. Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
9. Should we be laughing at dictators?
10. Visiting the North? Try the bibimbap, regime tells would-be tourists
11. One Of Kim Jong Un's Favorite Foods Is Simply Cheese
12. New Era In North Korea? Kim Jong Un Got Citizens To Pledge Loyalty Oath To Him For 40th Birthday

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National Security News Content:

1. 'Violent' leader of Columbia University's anti-Israel protest is unmasked as son of millionaire ad execs who is married to a model and lives in $3.4M Brooklyn brownstone
2. The Marine Corps That Should Have Been
3. Typically, that General is Removed By Stuart Scheller
4. Taiwan’s everywhere war
5. The Adults Are Still in Charge at the University of Florida
6. Confident of victory over Ukraine, Russia exhibits Western war trophies
7. America’s Ammunition Production May Soon Be Controlled by a Foreign Buyer
8. China's territorial claims illegal, deceptive: U.S. Indo-Pacific chief
9. Taiwan chief of general staff attends US INDOPACOM handover in Hawaii
10. US officials fear miscalculation in Niger with Russian fighters
11. Drones Changed This Civil War, and Linked Rebels to the World
12. Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide
13. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 4, 2024
14. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 4, 2024
15. The anti-Israel agitators were actually outsiders – and the schools could not have handled it worse
16. This Is the Biggest Waste of Money in U.S. Military History (F-35?)
17. RUSSIA AND OTHER DISASTERS – Gaza, Ukraine, and NATO Strategy Central
18. College protests. A Trump trial. Raging wars. Is everything ‘on fire’?
19. North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians. The implications are far bigger

Korean News Content:

1. U.S. will do 'all' it can to back S. Korea in case of China's economic coercion: official
2. Bracing for security risks ignited by Trump
3. 'Lockheed Martin' Of Asia! Despite Aussie Snub, Hanwha Emerges 'Big Player' In Global Defense Market
4. S. Korea to participate in U.S.-led cyber exercise this week
5. N. Korea slams U.S., other countries for seeking alternative to U.N. sanctions monitoring panel
6. Exploitation and Desperation: Human Rights Violations and Labor Conditions of North Korean Workers Dispatched Overseas
7. South Korea brings hypersonic tech to the Aukus table in a sign Seoul is moving closer to the US and its other allies
8. Fed Up With Jerome Powell? South Korea Is Getting There
9. North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians. The implications are far bigger

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National Security News Content:

1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 3, 2024
2. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 3, 2024
3. United States-Japan-Australia Trilateral Defense Ministers' Meeting (TDMM) 2024 Joint Statement, May 2, 2024
4. Opinion The dangerous new call for regime change in Beijing
5. The Death of a Treaty Could Be a Lifesaver for Taiwan
6. China increases aggressive moves against Taiwan as island prepares to inaugurate new president
7. Taiwan issued dire warning about Russia-China dual threat
8. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, May 3, 2024
9. China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines
10. Mark Helprin Asks: Are Americans Ready for War?
11. Activist Groups Trained Students for Months Before Campus Protests
12. America’s War Machine Runs on Rare-Earth Magnets. China Owns That Market.
13. Special operations veterans ask Army to not cut tuition, certification benefits
14. Larry Summers Says Campus Uproar Buoys US Adversaries
15. Is Vietnam warming to Nato-style weaponry? A rugged South Korean howitzer holds clues
16. Disaffection and Despair: Behind the Military’s Recruitment Woes
17. Former national security advisor gives chilling warning about World War Three
18. With Chinese warships anchoring in Cambodia, the US needs to respond
19. the information tool – are we wielding it correctly?
20. China trying to develop world ‘built on censorship and surveillance’
21. No, College Curriculums Aren’t Too Focused on Decolonization
22. Is ‘the Media’ Really Under Attack?
 

Korean News Content:

1. Why North Korea's latest propaganda bop is a huge TikTok hit
2. South Dakota Gov. Noem admits error of describing meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un in new book
3. S. Korea, China, Japan to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: report
4. Trump's possible return reignites South Korea nuclear debate
5. United States-Japan-Australia Trilateral Defense Ministers' Meeting (TDMM) 2024 Joint Statement, May 2, 2024
6. Defense chiefs of U.S., Australia, Japan decry N.K.-Russia military cooperation
7. War in Ukraine Turns Out To Be the ‘Best Thing That Could Ever Happen to Kim Jong-Un’
8. NSA warns of North Korean hackers exploiting weak DMARC email policies
9. Is Vietnam warming to Nato-style weaponry? A rugged South Korean howitzer holds clues
10. N Korea plotting attacks on embassies, Seoul says
11. A North Korean refugee offers a different view of his home country from the other side of the DMZ

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National Security News Content:

1. Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operations

2. After Ukraine funding win, Biden shifts his messaging strategy

3. Hundreds of Russian Troops Gathered Out In The Open. They Didn’t Know The Ukrainians Had Aimed Four ATACMS Rockets At Them.

4. Chinese satellites are breaking the US 'monopoly' on long-range targeting

5. Set your email servers to block N. Korean spies, US officials urge

6. China Launches Moon Mission in Base Race With U.S.

7.  Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says

8. Weapons in U.S. Aid Bill Can’t Come Fast Enough for Ukraine

9. The Grim Arithmetic of a Just War

10. The Real Motives for China’s Nuclear Expansion

11. Don’t Hype the Disinformation Threat

12.  Small Ocean, Big Hype: Arctic Myths and Realities

13. Marine Corps’ new Force Design approaches are paying off in operations

14. Patriot air-defense system debuts at former American air base in the Philippines

15. "I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines

16. Iran’s Attack on Israel Offers Kim Jong Un a Test Case of Western Defenses

Korean News Content:

1.  Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House

2. S. Korean military shoots down unidentified balloon near western maritime border in March

3. Toy Story's animated character found at N. Korea's fashion show in suspected trademark violation

4. Germany has yet to decide whether to reopen embassy in Pyongyang: envoy

5. N. Korea approves 1st post-pandemic entry of Chinese students

6. Unification minister, senior German official discuss unification issues

7. S. Korea’s potential participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 is discussed

8. ‘Why are we defending the rich country?’

9. Editorial: S. Korea must speak out against China’s forced repatriations of North Korean defectors

10. S. Korean Defense Minister promotes advanced shipbuilding in Australia

11. N. Korean border guard and smuggler arrested for using Chinese cell phone

12. North Korea's grain prices continue to rise in markets

13. N. Korean government demands students collect scrap paper for new textbooks

14. US warns of Russia-North Korea refined petroleum trade

15. Set your email servers to block N. Korean spies, US officials urge

16. NSA, FBI Alert on N. Korean Hackers Spoofing Emails from Trusted Sources

17. Putin Thanks North Korea for Its Missiles

18. Iran’s Attack on Israel Offers Kim Jong Un a Test Case of Western Defenses

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National Security News Content:

1. How To Stop an Invasion (Spoiler: "resistance warfare")
2. Taiwan:  Insurgents Needed
3. From ‘human wave’ to ‘salami slice’: Why China’s fearsome PLA may never fight
4. Woman was denied top-secret US security clearance for being a close relative of dictator
5. Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare- Book Review
6. China’s election disinformation operations
7. The battle over TikTok’s future, explained
8. America and the new ‘axis of evil’
9. Is Bougainville the next battleground between China and the U.S.?
10. Nobody Is Competing With the U.S. to Begin With
11. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 1, 2024
12. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, May 1, 2024
13. Houthis could sever global internet lines by targeting submarine cables says Yemeni expert
14. China Has Crossed Biden’s Red Line on Ukraine
15. ‘I Will Never Forget Any of It’: Brittney Griner Is Ready to Talk
16. How the CV-22 Osprey has Transformed Special Operations
17. An ‘East Asian NATO’ is forming
18. The Myth of the Asian Swing State
19. How the U.S. Can Win the New Cold War
20. American Aid Alone Won’t Save Ukraine
21. Arctic Defense: The US Needs Polar Special Operations Forces Aligned with the 5 SOF Truths
22. The War of a Thousand Nowruzis: The Challenge Facing the Afghanistan War Commission
23. Bringing a Method to the Strategy Madness
24. The Case for Averting War Between Israel and Hizballah
 

Korean News Content:

1. HRNK Co-Chair Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett Receive Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Dissident Human Rights Award
2. Sung-Yoon Lee, Sue Mi Terry Join HRNK's Board of Directors
3. Woman was denied top-secret US security clearance for being a close relative of dictator
4. [New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
5.  America and the new ‘axis of evil’
6. Short-Term Gain for Long-Term Pain: Why a North Korea Deal Could Come At a High Price
7. Trump sticks to his guns on Korea troop withdrawal
8. South Korea ‘sensing geopolitical uncertainty’ avoids committing in potential Taiwan crisis, maintains mainland China ties
9. The Fight Over THAAD in Korea
10. Transitional Justice in South Korea: A Turn to the Courts?
11. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Recruitment for the world's longest military service (2) Bribery in the military selection process... an unbridgeable gap between rich and poor before military life even begins
12. An ‘East Asian NATO’ is forming
13. Anti-terrorism alert raised for 5 overseas S. Korean diplomatic missions
14. China further repatriates hundreds of N. Korean defectors: civic group
15. N. Korea dismantles S. Korean building near shuttered Kaesong complex
16. N. Korea holds 1st meeting of police officials in 12 years amid drive to tighten social control
17. 50 UN members eye alternative to disbanded North Korea monitoring panel
18. Chongjin's bowling alleys, inns, and hotels criticized as "hotbeds of non-socialist behavior"
19. Dennis Halpin, advocate for North Korean refugees and comfort women, dies at 75

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National Security News Content:

1. NATO Prepares to Face Russia—and Problems of Its Own
2. The Dark-Horse Alliance Racing Forward to Take On China
3. Why China Is So Bad at Disinformation
4. AI hits trust hurdles with U.S. military
5. Foreign Policy Starts in Your Own Neighborhood
6. Will Putin Test NATO Article 5 in the Black Sea Region?
7. Another Historic Year for the PLA Navy
8. America is Losing Tomorrow’s War in the Indo-Pacific
9. Here’s how the US-led humanitarian aid pier off Gaza will work
10. A 98-year-old in Ukraine walked miles to safety from Russians, with slippers and a cane
11. Time Magazine Interview: How Far Trump Would Go
12. Here’s when the US Army will pick next long-range spy plane
13. Retired officer called to court-martial at Fort Belvoir on sexual assault charge previously declined
14. Marines create new monitor job to support dual-military couples
15. Will Hamas Say No?
16. Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah. And why so many oppose it
17. 'Send Me': Senior chief Shannon Kent and the hunt for ISIS
18. The Marine officer who saved 8,000 lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’
19. Washington Is Missing the Point on Alternatives to the Belt and Road Initiative
20. China Humiliated Blinken But Blinken Kept Begging
 

Korean News Content:

1. Trump suggests U.S. could withdraw its troops if S. Korea does not contribute more to support USFK: TIME
2. Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
3.  Japan's leader Fumio Kishida on countering threat of China and North Korea
4. U.S. calls on N. Korea to give 'full' accounting of Japanese abductees
5. N. Korean media makes no mention of Cuba among nations sending congratulatory messages over late founder's birthday
6. South Korea considers joining alliance for sharing military technology with Australia, US and UK
7. South Korea plans $4B in new weapons investments, including $583M of SM-3s - Breaking Defense
8. The Marine officer who saved 8,000 lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’
9. N. Korea orders confiscation of all cell phones owned by Russia-based workers
10. N. Korea's single mothers face severe levels of discrimination
11. Kim Jong-un spends $1.82 billion per year on elite perks, report says
12. The shortsighted US-Japan-South Korea military pact
13. Defeat for South Korea’s Ruling Party Won't Dim Pro-US Stance
14. Rehabilitating Syngman Rhee
15. Washington Backed a Coup Against South Korean Democracy