7/16/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
07.16.2026 at 06:21pm
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National Security News:
1. Taipei: The Morning After Annexation
2. Trump Leans Toward Expanding U.S. Military Operations in Iran
3. Controlling Hormuz Would Take More U.S. Troops—and Even More Risk
4. How a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center Heist
5. Exclusive | The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives
6. New York’s Ban on the Future (AI and Data Centers)
7. Iranian missiles are defeating US soft-kill defences using Chinese guidance
8. Zelensky Ousts Popular Defense Minister as Ukraine Gains Momentum in the War
9. Iranian American Woman Held in Iran on Spying Charges Is Released
10. Iranian Christians allege U.S. gave Tehran details of asylum claims
11. China Wields Security Laws to Cow Hong Kong’s Once-Free Literary Scene
12. Global views of China and Xi improve as perceptions of US decline, Pew survey finds
13. Ukraine’s Asymmetric Drone Blitz in the Sea of Azov: Part I — Bottling Up the Volga-Don Canal
14. Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone
15. Winning the Peace, One Cell at a Time
16. It’s All Been Done Before
17. Why the United Nations Still Matters in a Time of War
18. The Coming Clash Between China and Europe
19. The Lost Art of Coercion: Why Trump’s Belligerence Is a Sign of Weakness
20. Reading through the Lines of the FY2027 NDAA
Korean News:
1. Exploitation of ‘devotion’: how North Korea weaponizes motherhood
2. Modern-day alchemy: mining oil from plastic waste in rural Korea
3. The new physics of global power requires more than just efficiency
4. A tale of two envoys: Kang Kyung-wha back in Seoul and new U.S. ambassador to arrive soon as key alliance tasks await
5. NSC holds meeting to review issues with U.S.: presidential office
6. Gov’t, ruling party agree to set up integrated military academy in Daejeon
7. Why rush to merge military academies?
8. Defense Ministry’s Flaws Outweigh Aging Rifles
9. Lee says utilizing S. Korea’s strengths could make it global leader in AI era
10. Hanwha Aerospace wins Army unmanned ground vehicle deal: arms agency
11. NK foreign ministry briefs officials on US emergency order
12. North Korea orders cabinet: take China’s cash, not its culture
13. Pyongyang recycles old anthem to build loyalty to Kim Jong Un
