5/2/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.02.2026 at 05:23pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump Tells Congress Iran Conflict Is Over, Sidestepping War Authorization
2. Iran War Gives U.S.’s Rivals a Real-Time Look at Its Firepower
3. China’s ‘Teapot’ Refiners, Targeted by U.S., Offer Financial Lifeline to Iran
4. Arizona State University wins federal contract to offer war and strategy degree to government leaders
5. ‘We Know You Live Right Here’: No Secrets in America’s New Surveillance Dragnet
6. Former head of ‘Pentagon’s think tank’ joins Anthropic
7. Trump Orders the Withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. Troops From Germany
8. China’s rage machine: Power or performance?
9. Disinformation is Beijing’s weapon. Japan needs more than fact-checking to counter it
10. Handshakes and Humiliation: Beijing’s Play for Taiwan Becomes Clearer
11. How Iranian propaganda lures the West into distraction
12. How disinformation and ‘conflict entrepreneurs’ thrive in the modern attention economy
13. Why the US Needs A Clearly Defined War Strategy
14. The Army’s ‘Dark Eagle’ hypersonic missile is drawing new attention as Iran tensions raise the stakes
15. Sea Control Is Not Enough
16. Expanding frontiers: what happens if Beijing accelerates its Indo-Pacific push
17. #WavellReviews The Next World War: The New Age of Global Conflict
Korean News:
1. Iran War Gives U.S.’s Rivals a Real-Time Look at Its Firepower
2. A vision for the peninsula: Our interview with the head of the U.S. military in South Korea
3. Report: North Korea shared missile tech with Iran for decades
4. Former U.S. envoy says Kim seeks U.S. ties as nuclear state
5. Counterfactual Korea: War or Peace had USFK left?
6. What would happen if USFK left?
7. Editorial: Unification Minister Calls Unification ‘Violent’ Amid Terminology Shift
8. Exclusive: 38 Direct Civilian Contacts with North Korea Since Current Government
9. Editorial: Radio Spurred Defections: Resume North Korea Broadcasts
10. Why are there ‘two’ Koreas?
11. 34,537 escapes, countless stories from north Korea
12. Hanwha Group breaks into Korea’s top 5 conglomerates list for first time
13. Water, not fire
14. Hanbok between universality and nationhood
