1/1/2026 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News:

1. China Signals It Won’t Give an Inch to the U.S. in Latin America
2. Taiwan stays on high alert as Chinese ships pull back after massive drills
3. Damn the Deep State’s Torpedoes: Full Speed Ahead for America’s ‘Golden Fleet’
4. The Right Diagnosis, the Wrong Prescription: Why a “Golden Fleet” Misses the Mark
5. Iran Says Regime Loyalist Killed as Protests Turn Violent
6. Opinion | In Ukraine, Give War a Chance
7. Opinion | Maybe Arms Control Does Have a Future
8. Is China’s truck-mounted catapult system enabling merchant aircraft carriers?
9. Beijing slams Taiwanese leader Lai’s New Year’s speech as ‘lies’ and ‘malice’
10. China’s Wang Yi takes aim at Japan in call with South Korean foreign minister
11. A Booze Ban Since the ’50s Is Being Quietly Lifted in Saudi Arabia
12. How Meta’s Reels Became a $50 Billion Business
13. China warns satellites from Elon Musk’s Starlink are ‘safety and security’ risk
14. Is Trump channeling JFK?
15. Secretive Taiwanese Land Attack Cruise Missile Seen On The Move
16. The incredible firepower of the US Army’s Night Stalkers Airpower, Special Operations
17. Underground betting scandal sweeps the Pentagon

Korean News:

1. A North Korean spring: evaluating the likelihood of political change in the hermit kingdom
2. North Korea’s Kim Welcomes 2026 With a Salute to Russia
3. China’s Wang Yi takes aim at Japan in call with South Korean foreign minister
4. Easing controls on North Korean media is long overdue. But it’s still risky.
5. [Column] Time for Korea to stop letting the US be the master of our fate
6. Lee vows active support as ‘pacemaker’ in potential N. Korea-U.S. talks this year
7. ED S. Korea is not America’s pawn
8. Giving South Koreans access to North Korean media
9. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has little to say to South Korea, U.S. in New Year’s speech
10. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un ’s Speech at New Year Celebration