5/27/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.27.2026 at 09:59pm
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National Security News:
1. Opinion | In the disinformation war, the U.S. unilaterally disarmed
2. Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris
3. AI warfare is already here
4. Pentagon AI use jumped 1,775% in just one year
5. Why 80% of U.S. Startups Are Quietly Switching to Chinese AI Models
6. Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war
7. AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened
8. America turns 250 with a dangerous new problem: We no longer agree on what’s real
9. Trump’s Missing Ambassadors Are a Sign of a Deeper Problem
10. Tampa, SOF Week, and the Moral Burden of “Peace Through Strength”
11. Special Forces at the Crossroads: Reform Without Self-Destruction
12. Pentagon Cuts Forces Earmarked for Europe in Event of Crisis
13. Europe Is Starting to Think Putin Will Expand the War Beyond Ukraine
14. Opinion | Iran’s ‘Skirmish’ Strategy in the Strait
15. Russia engaging in daily ‘hybrid warfare’ against Britain, warns GCHQ chief
16. Learn from Taiwan: The U.S. should have a College of Political Warfare
17. The Right Way for Europe to Spend More on Defense
18. Iran and the Forever War Trap: In Trying to Avoid a Quagmire, America Found a Dead End by Sir Lawrence Freedman
19. Leading in the Dark: How Submarine Commanders Think Under Uncertainty
20. The Road to Space Runs through the Poles
21. Inside Trump’s 43 hours in Beijing
22. Why US Typhon deployment in Japan poses a threat to Chinese cities
23. Concerned About Army’s Loyalty, Putin Boosts Role of Political Commissars
24. OPM proposes requiring all feds to sign an NDA
Korean News:
1. USFK commander says S. Korea is ‘dagger’ in heart of Asia from China’s perspective
2. Opinion | In the disinformation war, the U.S. unilaterally disarmed
3. North Korea Tests Its Own Version of U.S. Himars Missiles
4. Iran-linked missiles behind attack on S. Korean vessel in Hormuz: foreign ministry
5. Amid Rumors of a Visit by China’s Leader, North Korea Fires Close-Range Ballistic Missiles
6. Seoul’s blind spot, Beijing’s red line
7. Hanwha Aerospace begins Korea’s first dual-use turbofan engine project
8. Top diplomats of N. Korea, Singapore hold talks in Pyongyang
9. Defector’s repeated crossings to save mother
10. North Korea orders TV dramas to be more entertaining, tightening ideological grip in the process
11. North Korea opts for re-education over prison for South Korean content viewers, baffling onlookers
12. North Koreans abandoning market stalls drive surge in Hyesan street trading conflicts
13.Lee’s OPCON push revives debate over USFK role as alliance eyes post-transfer future
14. Memorial Day 2026 Memorialization at Yanghwajin Cemetery in Seoul, Korea.
