3/19/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News Content: 1. OPEN LETTER TO A USSOCOM COMMANDER – Bureaucratically Dominate to Operationally Dominate 2. Special Ops Builds on Strengths as it Charts Future 3. Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies 4. It’s not just a theory. TikTok’s ties to Chinese government are dangerous. 5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 18, 2024 6. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, March 18, 2024 7. Israel Sending Delegation to Washington to Discuss U.S. Concerns Over Rafah Invasion 8. Taiwan’s Tough Call on How to Stop China: Bigger Weapons or Lots of Cheap Ones 9. Biden Weakens America’s Global Clout 10. Israeli forces raid Gaza City hospital; U.S. confirms death of top Hamas leader 11. SASC chair anticipates push for ‘significant reforms’ in 2025 NDAA to help Pentagon acquire new tech 12. Army aims to equip a division with hand-held counter-drone gear 13.The Leaked Russian Nuclear Documents and Russian First Use of Nuclear Weapons 14. Ukraine’s Impossible Choice: Conceding Territory or Lives 15. Vladimir Putin Says He Is Ready for Peace in Ukraine, but Only on His Terms 16. Friends in Low Places? Behind South Africa's New Genocide Case Against Israel 17. Congress Needs to Do More Than Just Exercise Its War Powers 18. Combatant commanders head to Capitol Hill to face budget questions Korean News Content: 1. U.S. watchful for N. Korea's 'gray zone' activities shy of attack: Washington official 2. N.K. leader guides firing drills involving super-large multiple rocket launchers 3. Russian cultural delegation visits N. Korea amid deepening ties 4. Relations between Japan and South Korea are blossoming 5. South Korea To 'Junk' US SM-2 Missiles; Will Go Indigenous For Next-Gen KDDX Destroyers To Check North 6. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ Implementation of the large-scale restructuring of trading companies (1)　Called “anti-socialist hotbeds,” government forces ‘bases’ of trading companies to close down and consolidate 7. COVID symptoms kill 5 North Korean children, schools and daycares shuttered 8. Seoul outranks Tokyo and London as the 16th most expensive city in the world 9. Two opposing views of “North Korean Defectors’ Day” in North Korea 10. Online searches for Kim Ju Ae spike after N. Korean news uses special honorifics 11. Behind N. Korea’s lockdown of Kaesong in July 2020 12. Presidential election in Taiwan: its implications for Seoul 13. North's Kim threatens to destroy Seoul during multiple rocket launch drill 14. Combatant commanders head to Capitol Hill to face budget questions 15. N. Korea resumes provocations in 33 days Dave Maxwell Tue, 03/19/2024 - 9:16am Read more about 3/19/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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