11/26/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. Lt. Gen. Ferguson takes command of USASOC
2. White House Defends Witkoff After Leak of Conversation With Russian Official
3. The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept?
4. Opinion: Witkoff Must Be Stopped From Causing More Damage, and as for Yermak…
5. The Reason Venezuela’s Maduro Won’t Resign Peacefully
6. Lessons in Adversary Bias From The Korean Peninsula to Russo-Ukraine and Back Again
7. China and Japan Are in a Showdown, With Trump in the Middle
8. Spat With China Becomes an Asset for Japan’s New Leader
9. Taiwan plans to spend $40 billion on U.S. arms, increase defense budget
10. Taiwan War: 2 U.S. Carriers Sunk, PLA Navy In Shambles; CSIS Wargames Say Japan Holds The Key To Victory
11. Letter from Taipei: Building a Resilient Society
12. Eroding Global Stability: The Cybersecurity Strategies Of China, Russia, North Korea, And Iran
13. Middlepowerness in RIMPAC: The Case of France and the Philippines
14. NATO’s R-SOCC Reaches FOC
15. A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
16. It Really Is Possible to Spend Too Much on AI
17. Systems Thinking: Explaining Security Force Assistance in Complex Adaptive Systems
18. The Case for An Allied Competitive Strategy
19. Lessons From Los Alamos: America Has the Most To Lose From Restarting Nuclear Testing by Siegfried Hecker
20. America Unbound in the Caribbean: The Real Costs of Washington’s Use of Force
21. Foreign agents preying on disgruntled soldiers, Army intel chief warns
22. The Army is taking counter-drone experimentation from Europe to INDOPACOM
23. Army officer sets record for fastest mile run in EOD bomb suit
24. A Ukraine Plan That Would Actually Work
25. China ‘cannot peacefully coexist with democracies,’ says Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister
Korean News:
1. Information paradox: why we train our AI, but starve North Korea’s minds
2. News from outside disappears in North Korea
3. Lessons in Adversary Bias From The Korean Peninsula to Russo-Ukraine and Back Again
4. N. Korea may possess more than 400 nuclear weapons by 2040: analyst
5. North Korea has refortified 74% of border in DMZ, satellite imagery shows
6. S. Korea’s Nuri space rocket to lift off at 0:55 a.m. Thurs.: space agency
7. Seoul to set up special corporation for US$350 bln investment pledge to U.S.
8. Unification minister highlights peaceful, gradual approach in N. Korea policy
9. Unification minister says he’ll work with US to restart talks with North Korea
10. N. Korea says cruise ship to launch on Taedong River
11. Kim Jong-un’s daughter appeared on North’s state TV 600 days in past 3 years, analysis finds
12. Childbirths rise for 15th month in Sept.: data
13. N. Korean military unit cracks down on soldiers using private barbers
14. N. Korea inspects progress in ‘three revolutionary movements’ at shipyards
15. South Korea’s Nuclear-Powered Submarine Ambitions Hit Obstacles
16. Free sub transfer could boost Korea’s chances of winning Poland naval upgrade project
17. ROK Army women paratroopers win top honor at world championship
18. Korean chipmaker SK hynix launches semiconductor-themed snack with 7-Eleven
