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3/28/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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03.28.2026 at 04:03pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. SOF News: Iran War Weekly Update – 28 Mar 2026
2. Courting Trump and Fearing China, Japan Rethinks 80 Years of Pacifism
3. How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran’s Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work
4. What an Influx of 17,000 U.S. Troops Could Mean for the Iran War
5. Israel Is Rationing Its Best Interceptors—and Iran’s Missiles Are Getting Through
6. One month into Iran war, some Trump objectives are unfulfilled as he looks to wind down the conflict
7. With Cuba Under Pressure, the Castro Dynasty Is Making a Comeback
8. Opinion | Trump’s Iran Strategy Is Chaotic
9. The Army and Amazon are creating an online storefront to buy drones as the technology transforms the battlefield
10. Opinion | Win the Middle East, lose the Pacific?
11. The Philippine military must transform, not just modernise
12. Beijing tightens drone rules, citing ‘low-altitude security’ concerns
13. Asean countries warned against exploiting US-China tensions for short-term gain
14. Hegseth Criticized for Removing Four Officers From Promotion List
15. China Likely Launched Large-Scale Cognitive Warfare Campaign Over Takaichi’s Taiwan Remark
16. Iran targets US public opinion with online information war
17. Back to the old ways: China tries to persuade Taiwanese they’re Chinese
18. Here’s how the US military could reopen the Strait of Hormuz — from boots on the ground to air assaults
19. Winning in Iran Requires More Than Military Success

Korean News:

1. An open letter to President Lee Jae Myung
2. Lee says peace mission honors South Korea’s West Sea dead
3. U.S., South Korea set up J10 to integrate nuclear deterrence
4. Testing the Japan-South Korea-US Techno-Alliance
5. America’s Dual Face: Friend and Foe in Japan’s Diplomatic Dance
6. S. Korea co-sponsors U.N. resolution on N.K. human rights
7. S. Korea, Ukraine FMs agree to handle issue of N. Korean POWs in line with humanitarian principles
8. Russia’s deputy FM warns of ‘retaliatory measures’ in event of Seoul arms aid to Kiev
9. S. Korea, Japan conduct joint rescue operation for missing Indonesian crewman for 2nd day
10. N. Korea’s Kim says ties with China put on ‘new high stage’ in message to Xi
11. Another victim of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery dies; 5 survivors left
12. U.S. diplomat to visit S. Korea to advance partnerships to support U.S. shipbuilding workforce development
13. I escaped North Korea with my mum, but now I’m terrified she might be sent back
14. World’s first Gen Alpha dictator: Kim Jong-Un’s teen daughter
15. Freedom Shield 26: readiness, deterrence, resolve

About The Author

  • David Maxwell

    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 the Editor-at-Large of Small Wars Journal.

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