4/26/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.26.2026 at 08:02pm
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National Security News:
1. The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges | Editorial
2. China Gen Z snipers nicknamed ‘Sweetheart’, ‘Gun Queen’ challenge gender stereotypes
3. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were set to travel to Islamabad on Saturday before the president called it off
4. The story Tehran wants you to read
5. Russia spent 20 years hardening Ukraine by accident. Europe won’t get that gift. – Euromaidan Press
6. Ex-SAS commander: ‘Starmer has effectively banned British participation in war’
7. Taiwan Made a $6.6 Billion Purchase of HIMARS, M109A7 Paladin Systems From the U.S., but the Delivery Schedule Benefits Beijing
8. Taiwan Tensions Rise: Eight Sorties Of Chinese PLA Aircraft, Vessels ‘Detected’ Around Island
9. How a Chinese marketing network quietly injects political narratives into Taiwanese lifestyle content
10. Holding out: Japan rearms impressively, but Taiwan can’t count on it
11. Cognitive Warfare: Understanding NATO’s “House Model”
12. Memetic Warfare Explained: How Memes Are Shaping Modern Propaganda and Information Battles
13. Do Drone Rangers need Tontos?
14. Who Wants to Be an American Diplomat?
15. The U.S. Has Ditched Professional Diplomacy
16. War Memes Are Turning Conflict Into Content
17. China surpasses U.S. in research spending
18. The American Way Is Under Fire
Korean News:
1. Rogue States in League: North Korea & Iran
2. How China, Russia, and North Korea Enable Each Other’s Atrocities
3. What’s fuelling the surge in South Koreans travelling to China?
4. Data of 100,000 leaked from golf course: North Korea suspected
5. Kim Jong-un, Russian Defense Minister Agree on Five-Year Military Plan
6. UNC deputy chief cautions against changes to ‘proven framework’ over DMZ control
7. Lee says political violence ‘threat’ to democracy after White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
8. North Korean farm officials lease state land for double profits as food prices surge
9. Parties clash over security adviser’s remarks as alliance row deepens
10. Air Force pilot’s selfie caused $135 million midair collision: report
11. Building What Deterrence Demands: How Hanwha Is Reinforcing America’s Defense Industrial Base
12. S. Korea, US seek way out of intel tiff over NK nuclear site: Cheong Wa Dae
13. Kim Jong Un marks military anniversary with frontline visit, mortar contest
