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[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

👉 The investment is here in America; immigration policy needs to catch up. Read my take on the Hyundai plant raid on Substack: https://t.co/Fl5LswpKH3

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

The Hyundai plant raid in Georgia exposes a contradiction. The Trump administration wants to restore U.S. manufacturing through foreign investment and technology, but immigration rules choke off the skilled labor needed to get these investments off the ground. Short 🧵

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

Solutions include:

✔ Stronger oversight by prime contractors to ensure immigration compliance
✔ A South Korea-specific high-skill visa channel to match investment timelines
✔ Administrative fixes to modernize visa categories and training pathways

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

https://t.co/AI08F1huxP

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

Brief thoughts from me about South Korea's martial law fiasco in @east_asia_forum

[East Asia Forum @east_asia_forum]

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law has devastated South Korea’s reputation but not its democracy.
https://t.co/3E3AP0EJOV

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Rep. Andy Kim won the seat vacated by Robert Menendez. He will become the first Korean American senator.
https://t.co/0w8VHI9KMD

[Ankit Panda @nktpnd]

56th US-ROK Security Consultative Meeting joint statement: “complete denuclearization” nowhere to be seen; instead, “dissuade and delay” NK nuclear development. A small step in the right direction (realism). https://t.co/bp2P6714FQ

[Hunter Marston @hmarston4]

“AUKUS, U.N. Command, and weapons trade provide platforms for middle power cooperation and alignment between South Korea and Australia while defanging accusations…these platforms are exclusionary.” ⁦@AriusDerr⁩ & Hannah Cho ⁦@WarOnTheRocks⁩ https://t.co/PwwtVUl9s5

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

We argue that South Korea will be a key partner for AUKUS Pillar 2 and is exactly the sort of state Australia needs buy-in from to maximize AUKUS’ appeal and effectiveness in the Indo-Pacific. Thanks to @NicholasDanfort for the fantastic edits.

[War on the Rocks @WarOnTheRocks]

“Expanding ties between Australia and South Korea is an opportunity to bring skeptics on board with the AUKUS deal,” write @AriusDerr and Hannah Cho https://t.co/aBdSTmLEJP

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

A big thanks to @matisaksk for inviting me on his show to talk about all things Russia, Ukraine and North Korea!

[Andrej Matisak @matisaksk]

Can #NorthKorea afford to send a large number of soldiers to #Ukraine's battlefield to help #Russia? Listen to another episode of my #podcast #TheGlobalAgora. I talked to @AriusDerr from @nknewsorg. https://t.co/7RTPxpcAcg #Putinswar

[Dr. Jeffrey Lewis @ArmsControlWonk]

As @ColinZwirko reported, the @JamesMartinCNS OSINT team concluded last night that this facility was most likely the presumed uranium enrichment plant at Kangson. I spent the morning quadruple-checking. I think they're right.
https://t.co/cfzZWejtnO

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

"A great virtue of America’s security network is that Washington can summon global responses to pressing challenges. The flip side is that regionalizing US foreign policy could, ironically, undercut America’s ability to out-compete Beijing." https://t.co/1EB28SXt9d

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

@JackkHayes Center spelled "re"? Are you sure you're in the right county?

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

I will die on this hill. Living abroad for 10+ years, I'm fully on board with the metric system for weight and distance. Temperature? No way.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

Sorry, world, this is not up for debate. Fahrenheit is just better for daily temperature.

Both Celsius and Fahrenheit acknowledge the utility of measuring across 0-100 scales—Celsius just does it for water. But that’s useless for daily temperature, bc the air never boils.

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

North Korea has accepted the reality that unification with South Korea while Kim Jong Un remains in power is impossible. This does not mean war is any more likely than before. My latest for @east_asia_forum https://t.co/msigSiVbZl

[Jonathan Corrado @jcorrado1953]

Kim Jong Un may say he's "sorry," but truly fixing the economy requires just a modicum of political reform, which is anathema to the regime. So maybe "sorry but not sorry enough" hits closer to the mark. Graphic below shows how they bang their head on the same wall over and over.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

The best part of the American spirit is represented in guys like Anthony Bourdain, who not only loved other cultures but ran towards them and enjoyed breaking bread with other people.

[Arius Derr @AriusDerr]

恭喜發財 everyone

[Jeongmin Kim @jeongminnkim]

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