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6/20/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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06.20.2026 at 06:46pm

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

  1. Trust, Then Verify Later (US-Iran MOU)
  2. Army looks to small UGVs as Ukraine war reshapes battlefield robotics
  3. AI Warfare Is at the Point of No Return. What Now?
  4. Pentagon used Elon Musk’s Grok AI to fire missiles at Iran, official says
  5. Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb drone attacks on Russian bases are now shaping how the US Army prepares to defend its own
  6. What’s Next for Trump’s Iran Deal?
  7. Exclusive | U.S., Qatar Work to Give Iran Access to Billions of Dollars in Frozen Cash
  8. Opinion | Not So Fast—Congress Gets a Say on the Iran Deal
  9. U.S. intelligence warns Israel is likely to undermine Iran peace deal, officials say
  10. How China’s Navy Is Tightening the Noose on Taiwan
  11. The likely reasons for INDOPACOM becoming PACOM again
  12. China wins the Iran war without firing a shot
  13. Analysis: China is counting its wins from the Iran war
  14. Mideast Live Updates: Iranian Forces Say They Closed Strait of Hormuz
  15. KMT chair says Taiwan would fight back against China attack
  16. Fixing America’s Navy
  17. Korea unwilling, Europe unable to help in a Taiwan crisis, war game finds
  18. Army combines 2 units into new 7th Infantry Division
  19. Australia poised to become an Asia-Pacific energy superpower
  20. Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity

 

Korean News:

  1. Unification ministry vows to find ‘phased, viable’ path to denuclearization
  2. Ex-diplomats allege North Korean UNESCO official has intelligence ties
  3. China rebukes U.S. deterrence talks with South Korea, Japan
  4. Korea unwilling, Europe unable to help in a Taiwan crisis, war game finds
  5. North Korea hails Russia defense pact on second anniversary
  6. Lee says told Trump cannot deal with N. Korean nuclear issue the same way as others
  7. North Korea’s Quiet Campaign to Be a ‘Responsible’ Nuclear Power
  8. South Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Clash With Political Realities
  9. Korean culture has outgrown the World Cup stage
  10. S. Korea says in close talks with U.S. after Senate bill signals tougher OPCON transfer oversight
  11. Before debating how Korea unifies, Seoul needs to decide what it wants
  12. North Korea police caught singing banned songs and using slang, authorities crack down
  13. South Korean Shipbuilders Float AI Data Centers at Sea
  14. North Korea Rebuilds Anti-American Rhetoric and Education

About The Author

  • Dave Maxwell

    David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is the Editor-at-Large of Small Wars Journal.

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