2/6/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
02.06.2026 at 04:53pm
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National Security News:
1. Who Consolidates Gains? The Enduring Requirement for Manpower in Army Formations
2. China This Week: Strategic Moves and Messaging
3. Hawaii’s 25th Infantry Division gears up for combat ‘rehearsals’ in the Philippines
4. How China’s Crypto Seizures Are Quietly Powering Its Digital Asset Reserves
5. Korean War vet to get Medal of Honor for longest dogfight in US military history
6. The Tech Policy Toolkit | Data Tools for Economic Statecraft and National Security
7. A brief history of the US military’s presence in Greenland
8. Musk Shuts Down Russian Army Starlink Terminals in Ukraine, Kremlin Forces Lose Internet
9. What Are the Pros and Cons of Data Centers?
10. Xi’s military purges will make him wary of invading Taiwan
11. Thinking Like Beijing: Why Xi’s Purge Matters More Than It Looks
12. Xi, Trump and why their talks are stoking unease in Taiwan
13. The Marine Corps presence in Okinawa is critical to deterring China and North Korea
14. Trump signs bill allocating more than US$1.4bn to Taiwan security
15. Russian General With Key Intelligence Role Is Shot in Moscow
16. Five Questions for a General: Admiral Harry Harris
17. Is the Age of Drones Really the Age of Poor Maneuver?
18. Trump Told Iranian Protesters Help Was on the Way. What Happened?
19. Trump’s Voters Will Back an Iran Strike
20. Beyond simple analogies: Japan, Poland, and the challenge of Taiwan deterrence
21. Takaichi’s Long Trip From Heavy-Metal Drummer to Japan’s Political Heavyweight
Korean News:
1.Senior Seoul official anticipates ‘new progress in a few days’ regarding N. Korea issue
2. Five Questions for a General: Admiral Harry Harris
3. U.N. Security Council to grant sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid to N. Korea: source
4. Unlocking Engagement with Pyongyang: Lessons from US-Vietnam Reconciliation
5. Korean War vet to get Medal of Honor for longest dogfight in US military history
6. The Marine Corps presence in Okinawa is critical to deterring China and North Korea
7. U.S. to Allow Aid to North Korea to Resume, While Outreach Stalls
8. North Korea Waits for Major Concessions From Trump
9. What Yang Sung Ho’s Dismissal Reveals About Kim Jong Un’s New Accountability
10. In AI age, human survival depends on wisdom, not rivalry
11. What South Korea can do to combat North Korean disinformation before it starts
12. Changes to constitution’s name reveal limits of Kim regime
13. FM Cho calls for congressional support for progress in nuclear power, nuclear-powered subs, shipbuilding
14. N. Korea hails economic policy achievements ahead of key party congress
15. Defense ministry says it’s in consultations with UNC over ‘effective’ management of DMZ
