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6/28/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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06.28.2026 at 07:20pm
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National Security News:

1. The Trump Pentagon appointee who has divided top Republicans

2. Blackwater founder Erik Prince: Trump was ‘badly advised’ on Iran

3. A Rising Star’s Abrupt Fall Shows Xi’s Crackdown on Overambitious Officials

4. We Investigated Damage From Iran to a U.S. Naval Base. Here’s What We Found.

5. The Quiet Warning That Should Terrify All of Us (artificial intelligence)

6. China Has Matched Anthropic in Cybersecurity, Resetting AI Race

7. Inside a secretive Ukrainian team launching deep drone strikes at Russia

8. The myth of global chaos

9. China Defies US Restrictions and Builds the World’s Fastest Supercomputer

10. China Confirms Death of Pilot Who Flew Small Plane Into Beijing’s Tallest Tower

11. Taiwan’s legislative leader holds talks with US House of Representatives Speaker

12. Is America Now Part of Iran’s Axis of Resistance?

13. From 7.62 to 5.56 to the new 6.8mm—did the Army finally get its round right?

14. Why It’s a Mistake to Drop the ‘Indo’ from Indo-Pacific

15. U.S. planners must begin to test what happens when it is proven that its forces are not invincible.

 

Korean News:

1. On Losing: U.S. planners must begin to test what happens when it is proven that its forces are not invincible.

2. Ambassador Steel brings Washington’s trade agenda to Seoul

3. S. Korea, Japan agree to continue defense exchanges, cooperation, including in AI: Seoul

4. Seoul, Tokyo tighten defense ties with Japanese minister’s visit amid Beijing-Moscow show of force

5. Editorial: Delayed North Missile Announcement Reflects Lax Security Stance

6. Military Academy Consolidation: Deliberation Over Speed Essential

7. President Lee pledges to resolve N.K. abductee issue through dialogue

8. South Korean Defense Minister Identifies a Mao Zedong Quote as His Personal Motto

9. Two officers seriously injured as North Korea’s new anti-aircraft gun fails rapid-fire test

10.Soaring fuel costs are pushing North Koreans toward electric bikes and motorcycles

11. North Korea grain prices dip from record highs but remain near all-time peaks

12. The second battle of Yeonpyeong and an unfinished war

13. Rival parties demand overhaul of nat’l football body following S. Korea’s elimination

14. Breaking: South Korea Coach Hong Myung-bo Resigns, Takes Full Responsibility

 

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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elira lorca

The recommendation that U.S. planners must test what happens when forces are proven not to be invincible is crucial. Complacency is the biggest threat. In complex geopolitical environments, missing the subtle signs of sabotage from within the system is a fast track to failure—much like failing to spot the threat Among Us until the game is already lost.

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