2/23/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News:

1. U.S. Elite Troops Hardened by War on Terror Retrain for Arctic Combat
2. Special Operations News – Feb 23, 2026
3. The Special Forces Identity Crisis and Rethinking All of Special Operations
4. Opinion | The Cuban Regime’s Slow Collapse
5. Venezuela’s Leaders Killed the Economy. They Are Still In Charge.
6. What Would War With Iran Look Like?
7. Operationalizing Hemispheric Defense: What the 2026 National Defense Strategy Means for Latin America
8. Staff Processes in LSCO Part III: Division Planning
9. Danish defense minister says there is ‘no need’ for U.S. hospital boat
10. US sailor medically evacuated from nuclear submarine near Greenland: Official
11. On Taiwan and Japan, Chinese Belligerence Backfires
12. Exclusive: New US military-led group aided Mexico’s hunt for ‘El Mencho’ cartel boss
13. They Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In America, They’re Living in Fear.
14. On Strategists and Strategies by Sir Lawrence Freedman
15. How Trump’s Beijing bargaining could derail Taiwan’s multibillion-dollar defence budget
16. Economic Statecraft and the Federal Institutional Architecture

17.Army using AI to update doctrine

18. The VA Excellence Campaign: A Strategic Plan for Transformational Veterans Care
19. The Diego Garcia showdown

Korean News:

1. West Sea collision: choices Korea can no longer avoid
2. N. Korea’s Kim reelected as general secretary of ruling party for reinforcing nuclear power
3. Eruption of Iron Faith and Ardent Desire to Bring New Upturn in Juche Revolution under Leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un Fourth-day Sitting of Ninth WPK Congress
4. China’s Xi congratulates Kim on reelection to top party post, vows to advance ties
5. N. Korea’s parliamentary chief, other seniors excluded from list of party central committee members
6. North Korean Arms, Nuclear Technology Flowing to Iran and its Proxies Across the Middle East
7. Xi Jinping expresses hope China can open ‘new chapter’ in relations with North Korea
8. China-U.S. aerial tensions over Yellow Sea place South Korea in tight spot
9. McMaster Warns Exercise Cuts May Provoke Kim Jong-un
10. Exclusive: Russian Embassy in Seoul Defies South Korea, Keeps Pro-War Banner
11. Viral phrase mocks N. Korea’s wealthy
12. Elite Pyongyang defense unit hit with secrets scandal
13. Finance chief says uncertainties surrounding U.S. tariff scheme ‘very’ high