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7/5/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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07.05.2026 at 04:43pm

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. 250 Years After America’s First Irregular War
2. Russian warships dock in Chinese port ahead of Joint Sea exercises
3. China launches coast guard patrol east of Taiwan
4. Taiwan slams record number of Chinese vessels along first island chain
5. How Xi Jinping Steamrolls Dissent With Tactics From Stalin and Mao
6. Mourners Chant ‘Revenge’ at Funeral Prayers for Iran’s Slain Supreme Leader
7. Far From Kyiv and Moscow, Soldiers Stalk Ruins and Evade Drones on the Front
8. How Rogue Nations Are Using Cryptocurrencies to Evade Sanctions
9. NATO Is Fixing Its Cash Flow Problem. Now It Needs to Turn Money Into Munitions.
10. Cuba’s Vast Surveillance Network Preserves the Communist Party’s Grip on Power
11. Why 2026 Is Ushering In A New ‘Civilizational’ World Order – OpEd
12. This Simple White Line Is America’s Greatest Unsung Innovation
13. America’s Biggest Song of 1966 Was a Patriotic Tribute to the Military
14. A Republic Worth Celebrating and Defending

Korean News:

1. Task Force Smith: How the 24th Infantry Division Saved South Korea at the Start of the Korean War
2. Iran’s Missile Power Explained: Khorramshahr‑4, North Korean Tech & Strategic Firepower
3. What to make of the Olympic Park protests
4. “Privileged But Powerless” by Jieun Baek
5. N. Korea’s Kim observes weapons tests carried out by naval destroyer Kang Kon
6. Xi says ready to work with Kim for ‘stable’ China-North Korea ties: KCNA
7. Iran invited S. Korea to late supreme leader’s funeral, later canceled plan: sources
8. Lee congratulates Trump, U.S. citizens on 250th anniv. of American independence
9. Trump’s financial disclosure reveals 18 Coupang stock trades since late last year
10. S. Korea to launch 4th next-generation medium-sized satellite from U.S. Tuesday

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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