5/30/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.30.2026 at 04:32pm
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National Security News:
1. Easier to start, harder to win (wars of course)
2. Hegseth Outlines U.S. Vision For Indo-Pacific at Annual Asia Defense Summit
3. Coercive Maintenance: How Beijing Wages Influence Operations Against the Republic of Korea
4. New White House strategy would boost efforts to combat terrorist propaganda, a role VOA filled – until Trump kneecapped it
5. Hegseth Says U.S. Needs More From Asian Allies to Secure Balance Against China
6. Ships Are Sailing ‘Dark’ to Sneak Out of Strait of Hormuz
7. The U.N. Is Going Broke as the U.S. and China Withhold Billions
8. Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries
9. Data brokers are helping enemies target US troops. The Pentagon must step up, lawmakers say
10. The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
11. Cyber Force? Senator pushes to create service branch under the Army
12. The Sixth and Fifth Domains: How Cognitive Warfare and Space Are Converging into a Single Battle-space
13. Petraeus: $55 Billion Drone Investment Won’t Buy a Fighting Force Without Doctrine
14. A Russian Drone Hit a Romanian Apartment Building. Now What?
15. Drone Swarm vs. US Navy Frigate
16. US Army Evaluates New Command-Networked Drone Interceptor for Europe Defense
17. Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century
Korean News:
1. General Brunson Responds to a Chinese Academic at the Shangri-la Dialogue
2. Hegseth Says U.S. Needs More From Asian Allies to Secure Balance Against China
3. Coercive Maintenance: How Beijing Wages Influence Operations Against the Republic of Korea
4. Hegseth praises Seoul’s defense commitments, omits reference to North Korea
5. Seoul says North Korea arms buildup is fueling global instability
6. U.S. heroes memorialized in South Korea as ‘Forgotten War’ remembered
7. South Korea, Japan stress Korean Peninsula security, resume maritime drills
8. Seoul conveys position to Washington on USFK chief’s ‘dagger’ remarks
9. Hegseth calls for ‘balanced’ OPCON transfer where U.S. military roles are ‘honored’
10. Defense chiefs of S. Korea, U.S., Japan reaffirm security cooperation in brief encounter
