5/3/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.03.2026 at 07:42pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump’s war has destroyed the illusion of US military supremacy
2. Defense Startups Get Boost as Pentagon Looks Beyond Biggest Contractors
3. The U.S. Wants to Break China’s Drone Dominance. Here’s Where It Will Struggle.
4. Oil Tanker Hijacking Stokes New Fear in Gulf Region
5. Avoiding the Knife Fight: Defeating Iran’s Strait Strategy
6. Germany and Europe Have Bigger Trump Problems Than U.S. Troop Withdrawal
7. It’s Only 5,000 Troops, but America Will Come to Regret Its Rash Withdrawal From Germany
8. ‘I Don’t Hate the Americans’: Latest Lego Video Promotes Empathy Between People of US and Iran
9. Trapped in a kill zone for 177 days, his wife’s voice was his lifeline
10. How the US Army is readying for a cyberspace fight against enemy AI hackers
11. Trump Faces the Complicated Reality of a Costly, Unpopular War in Iran
12. Hegseth tightens control at Pentagon, defiant and more confident than ever
13. Expert urges tagging ‘lie agents’ (Taiwan)
14. U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners
14. U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners
15. Balikatan 2026: U.S., Philippine special operations forces execute Maritime Strike-North
16. U.S. Tests Unmanned Surface Vessel from Philippine Coastline to Advance Indo-Pacific Littoral Deterrence.
17. Senate Examines Special Operations Command’s Critical Capabilities
18. Decoding the King: Brits Hear Subtle Rebuke to Trump that Americans Might Miss
19. Is ‘North Koreanization’ The Only Logical Move Left For Iran? – Analysis
20. From 18 Delta to Doctoral Degree: MSG(R) Jonathan Lu, DBH, MPH, Shares Insights on Lifelong Learning and Bridging Military Experience with Academia.
Korean News:
1. A Comprehensive Strategy to Achieve a Free and Unified Korea For Governments and Civil Society And All Who Support a United Republic of Korea (U-ROK)
2. How exposure to truth led to a North Korean family’s escape
3. Is ‘North Koreanization’ The Only Logical Move Left For Iran? – Analysis
4. How Trump is inadvertently bringing Japan, South Korea together
5. A nuclear arms race is brewing in the Pacific
6. The Perils of South Korea’s Digital Diplomacy
7. North Korea Puts Its Medium-Term Plan on Track
8. Korea weighs Hormuz mission options led by US, UK-France coalitions
9. FM urges safe navigation in Strait of Hormuz in call with Iranian counterpart
10. ED US troop cuts in Germany (Korea Times)
11. Why the US must deliver full US nuclear propulsion and fuel cycle technology to South Korea now
12. N. Korea shoots back at hacking allegations
13. N. Korea’s Kim calls for active role of young generation in party affairs
