4/5/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.05.2026 at 03:50pm
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National Security News:
1. US special forces rescue second missing F15 airman from Iran in ‘one of the most daring operations in history’, says Trump
2. The Iran War Is Making the American Economy More Dominant Than Ever
3. Top Aides Advise Trump Blasting Iran’s Infrastructure Is Fair Game
4. The U.S.-Europe Alliance Is Reaching a Breaking Point Over the Iran War
5. Life and Death Aboard Ships Stranded Near the Strait of Hormuz
6. Iran Uses Asymmetric Warfare to Inflict Pain From a Weakened Position
7. Opinion | America’s silent guardians
8. Trump’s Pentagon-first presidency
9. Encircling Washington: China Targets U.S. Bases and Influence in the Post-Iran War Middle East
10. How U.S. military dominance unravels China’s war machine
11. May I offer a different perspective on the whole transatlantic family feud brewing over NATO ( A tweet/X from a non-American and non-European perspective)
12. America Is Used to Hiding Its Wars. Trump Is Doing the Opposite.
13. Contributor: America has betrayed its global mission
14. Ousted Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George says U.S. soldiers deserve “courageous leaders of character” in outgoing email
15. Hegseth’s War on America’s Military
16. U.S. Military’s Unwavering Commitment to Rescuing Comrades in Enemy Territory (Korean Perspective)
Korean News:
1. U.S. Military’s Unwavering Commitment to Rescuing Comrades in Enemy Territory (Korean Perspective)
2. Global Perpetrator Pursuit: Excluding North Korea, China
3. Ex-8th Army commander appointed as acting U.S. Army chief, raising expectations for role over Korea security
4. OP-ED: Trump criticism underscores need to strengthen U.S.-ROK alliance
5. Military helicopter mistakenly enters DMZ during wildfire operation last month
6. North Korea courts Chinese private investors for Pyongyang commercial complex
7. Seoul cites differing circumstances of ships, countries after Japan-linked vessels transit Strait of Hormuz
8. Lee plants trees at Cheong Wa Dae to mark Arbor Day
9. Lee vows all-out efforts to prevent Mideast war from escalating into bigger crisis for S. Korea
10. ‘AI resilience’ seen as more practical than ‘AI sovereignty’: report (South Korea)
11. What does Mideast conflict have to do with Korean seniors?
12. A war without exit, a world without anchor (view from South Korea)
