6/1/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.01.2026 at 03:14pm
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National Security News:
1. Taking Off the Blinders Regarding Special Forces Strategic Utility
2. Visible vs. Valuable: Why Restructuring U.S. Special Forces Won’t Fix a Failure of Perception
3. Reforming SOF Targeting Authorities to Restore Strategic Coherence and Risk Discipline
4. SOF News Weekly Brief – June 1, 2026
5. Taiwan’s Opposition Leader Comes to U.S. With a Message Straight Out of Beijing
6. U.S. Strikes Iranian Air Defenses, Drone Site in New Hormuz Skirmish
7. China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk
8. In Taiwan, Chinese-Born Wives Are a Focus of Infiltration Fears
9. U.S. Military Is Quietly Guiding Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz
10. ‘The arteries of modern civilization’: The US and allies take action to protect seabed cables
11. America Built The Dollar System — Cynthia Lummis Says Without The Clarity Act, Beijing Builds What Comes Next: ‘Time To Act is Now’
12. Ukraine Turns the Tide: Why a Cease-Fire Is Now a Real Possibility
13. Winning the Systems War: Why the Army Should Reorganize Itself for Modern Combat
14. Can Taiwanese opposition leader pull off balancing act during US trip?
15. Deterring Russia Beneath the Waves: Securing NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure
16. How America Lost Its Most Important Defense Tech Habit
17. Armies Can’t Win Wars Alone: The Straw Man of “Airpower Alone” and the False Claim of Ground Force Primacy
18. Chinese Missile Might Have Been Used to Shoot Down F-15E in Iran – U.S. Officials
19. ‘Five-alarm fire’: Lawmakers say Pentagon must act after smartphone data used to target U.S. troops
Korean News:
1. Ex-President Yoon made preparations for martial law since late 2023: special counsel
2. Five killed in explosion at Hanwha Aerospace factory in S. Korea
3. South Korea defense chief stresses self-reliance
4. Hegseth says Washington must ‘balance’ USFK views in wider discussions on Opcon transfer
5. S. Korea, U.S. to begin inaugural talks on security initiatives from summit agreements on Tues.
6. S. Korea can no longer afford to delay nuclear submarine ambitions
7. Chips, AI Keep South Korea’s Export Engine Firing on All Cylinders
8. North Korea Is infiltrating America’s Defense Industry and Other Economic Power Houses
9. North Korea: New report sheds light on chemical weapons
10. Aegis destroyer Jeongjo the Great leaves for RIMPAC exercise
11. N. Korea’s spy chief meets chief Russian security official in Moscow
12. Takaichi seeks ‘courageous’ summit with Kim Jong Un to resolve abduction issue
13. Kim Jong Un renews vow for ‘radical’ improvement to rural living conditions
