4/19/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.19.2026 at 04:23pm
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National Security News:
1. The Seaside Town Trying to Reclaim Its Title as ‘Submarine Capital of the World’
2. Iran’s Hard-Liners Flex Their Muscle With a U-Turn Over Hormuz
3. Exclusive | U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say
4. For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent
5. Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again; 2 ships report attacks while trying to cross
6. Iran’s low-cost drones democratizing precision warfare
7. US starting to respond to challenge of massive drone incursions
8. Is Ukraine winning the drone race? by Sir Lawrence Freedman
9. Japan Moves to Institutionalize Drone Warfare as Manpower Shortfalls Deepen
10. CH-47 Chinook Air-Launching Swarms Of Drones Touted As Future Feature
11. Opinion | The Trump Doctrine in Action
12. Why Iran’s ‘Mosquito Fleet’ Remains a Potent Threat in the Strait of Hormuz
13. Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump
14. China Has Already Crossed Trump’s Red Line
15. AI boom’s real profits are being made in Asia
16. Inside a growing movement warning AI could turn on humanity
17. How China Is Positioning Itself Ahead of the Trump–Xi Summit
18. How China’s Arctic Ambitions Inflate Russia’s Geopolitical Leverage
19. Russia After Putin
20. The West is losing its moral compass
21. The Film That Explains Contemporary America
22. SOF News: Epic Fury Update – 19 April 2026
23. Turning the Corner: Momentum Builds in Ukraine’s Strike & Ground Defence Campaigns While Pacific Democracies Enhance their Strategic Deterrence. (The Big Five from MG Mick Ryan)
Korean News:
1. North Korea and the Implications of Operation Epic Fury
2. N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS
3. Cheong Wa Dae denounces N.K. missile launch as violation of UNSC resolution, calls for immediate halt
4. Wars must end quickly
5. Lee departs for India on two-nation Asia swing
6. North Korea taking its nuclear threat to the high seas
7. South Korea’s Renewed Strategic Pivot to India
8. Korea should engage in Hormuz cooperation to protect national interests
9. North’s missile launch prompts speculation about SLBM program
10. North Korea threatens to send failing students to coal mines after mass exam failures
11. North Korea food factory contaminants erode public trust in state-made goods
12. North Korea’s abductions, nukes must be addressed together: Ex-Japanese diplomat
13. Army’s military band to join largest U.S. military music festival
