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1/15/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.15.2026 at 05:00pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. Information Warfare: The Army’s Continuous Transformation in Action
2. Information Advantage in the Indo-Pacific
3. China’s Propaganda Playbook for Targeting Rivals
4. State Department to Pause Visa Processing for 75 Countries
5. Strategic Importance of Greenland
6. Beijing looks for social workers for posts on disputed South China Sea islands
7. Trump’s Military Buildup in Caribbean Limits His Options in Iran
8. The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Foreign Policy
9. Defending the homeland means fighting disinformation
10. How WhatsApp Took Over the Global Conversation
11. Drone Warfare in Ukraine: A Window onto the Red Army’s Doctrinal Concepts
12.  Irregular warfare: Using influence to dictate legitimacy
13. Flying Artillery: A Time-Dominance Fire Support Model
14. Chinese military says it is developing over 10 quantum warfare weapons
15. US defence contractor arrested on charges of leaking classified material
16. How a former U.S. special forces officer raised $22 million for his cybersecurity startup
17. Opinion | America Is the Sole Superpower Again
18. The New Food Powers: How China and Russia Are Filling America’s Retreat
19. Mercenarism Reborn: Drone Operators, Coders, and the Post-Ukraine Market for Force
20. The Emotionally Intelligent Leader: Applying the R.E.A.D. Technique in Military Leadership
21. Lawrence of Arabia portraits given trigger warning

 

Korean News:

1. S. Korea to swiftly address alleged drone incursion into N. Korea: minister
2. A Chinese path to peace on the Korean Peninsula
3. Why collusion is a risk, not a solution, to China’s strategic dilemma on the Korean Peninsula
4. Lee seeks to use cooperation with China, Russia as catalyst for inter-Korean breakthrough
5. Putin says hopes to restore S. Korea-Russia relations: report
6. Two orphaned sisters die of cold and hunger in North Korean border county
7. Rice prices fall but corn surges, squeezing North Korea’s poorest consumers
8. Satellite analysis shows North Korea’s showcase Sepo ranch reverting to wilderness
9. ROK military finds general guilty of treason over North Korea drone incursions
10. South Korea to lift some border military zones
11. Over 100K South Koreans separated from family in North Korea have died: Data
12. South Korean leader takes ‘pragmatic approach’ to reset ties with China, Japan
13. South Korea Is Reinventing the Tank—and Betting Big on Hydrogen Fuel
14. Defense diplomacy redefines Korea’s role in Indo-Pacific region
15. Philippines taps Korean weapons to bolster deterrence as South China Sea clashes surge
16. Some 60 troops mobilized for alleged dispatch of 18 drones to N. Korea in 2024: probe
17. U.S. lawmakers submit House resolution to honor ‘Korean American Day’
18. U.S. Semiconductor Tariffs Prompt South Korea’s Emergency Response

About The Author

  • David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is a contributing editor to Small Wars Journal.

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