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1/24/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.24.2026 at 08:03pm
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National Security News:

1. Pentagon releases National Defense Strategy, with homeland defense as top priority
2. Department of War 2026 National Defense Strategy
3. Pentagon’s New Defense Strategy Strikes Conciliatory Tone on China
4. The 2026 National Defense Strategy and the Perils of Muscular Simplification
5. That isn’t signaling. China’s military is seriously rehearsing around Taiwan
6. China’s Xi Places His Top General Under Investigation as Military Purges Heat Up
7. China Built a Vast Oil Stake in Venezuela. Now It Risks Getting Muscled Out.
8. Joint Chiefs Chairman Issues Rare Invitation to Foreign Military Heads
9. US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization
10. EXCLUSIVE: America’s Top Retired Generals Participated In Secret Beijing Conference Backed By Chinese Spy Group
11. A Perfect Storm for Taiwan in 2026?
12. China’s secret plan to infiltrate America with sleeper citizens
13. Rules-Based International Order 1. Trump Imperialism 0
14. Warfighter Quick Guide to AI Chip Differences
15. Opinion | A nightmare scenario for Iran
16. Voice of America’s Persian service blacks out Iran’s exiled crown prince
17. Canada quietly models Taliban-style response to hypothetical US invasion
18. AI-powered military neurotech: Mind enhancement or control?

Korean News:

1. Department of War 2026 National Defense Strategy (Korea focused commentary)
2. If Iran is worth bunker busters, then so is North Korea
3. North Korean ‘Dictator’ Kim Jong Un’s ‘Spa Day Out’, Here’s What he Did… | Viral Video
4. Woman who lived in North Korea for two years reveals eerie ‘unspoken rules’ you have to live by
5.  S. Korea capable of taking ‘primary’ responsibility to deter N.K. with ‘critical, but more limited’ U.S. support: NDS
6. Lee calls achieving self-reliant defense ‘most basic of basics’ over new U.S. defense strategy
7. N. Korea yet to announce schedule for 1st party congress in 5 years
8. N. Korea completes building another tourist area on east coast
9. FM Cho discusses deepening ties with NATO, Belgium
10. PM proposes idea of U.S. sending special envoy to N. Korea in talks with Vance
11. Trump’s Defense Strategy Labels North Korea Direct U.S. Threat
12.  New U.S. strategy signals USFK posture ‘upgrade,’ ups pressure on S. Korea to boost defense capabilities

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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