8/9/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.09.2026 at 08:20pm
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National Security News:
1. Iran Demands U.S. Withdrawal to Open Hormuz
2. Iran Issues List of Demands, Complicating Efforts to Reopen Strait
3. President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip
4. The U.S. Is Burning Through Weapons in Iran. Russia and China Are Taking Note.
5. Pentagon presses defense firms to build weapons as Iran war depletes stocks
6. We Thought Tech Would Make War More Precise. We Were Wrong.
7. A Defense of the President’s Strategy in Iran
8. How a Drone ‘Hellscape’ Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
9. Taiwan Is Slowing Its Internet for a War Drill. Locals Aren’t Worried.
10. At a crossroads: How Beijing sees Manila’s South China Sea turn
11. What China’s new PLA leaders reveal about Xi’s unfinished military rebuild
12. The Army’s Drone Bet Is Rational. The Timing Isn’t.
13. The Cyberattack That Brought a Distant War to Small-Town Minnesota
14. Pentagon wants ‘expanding options’ for nuclear weapons, officials say
15. When Detection Isn’t Enough. Privacy, Complexity, and the Counter-UAS Decision Gap.
16. Iran War Renews Concerns About the Lasting Toll of Traumatic Brain Injuries to U.S. Troops
17. Axis of Aggressors Military Cooperation Is Worse Than You Think
18. America’s Political Divide Is a Strategic Vulnerability
Korean News:
1. 30,000-50,000 N. Koreans to be deployed in Russia: Zelenskyy
2. North Korea May Be Deploying Ballistic Missiles To Russia — Or Ukraine’s Intelligence Service Wants You To Think So
3. ‘Fundamental’ overhaul of military service system vital for nat’l security: MMA chief
4. Kim Jong-un Orders Symphony Orchestra to Follow Party’s Intentions
5. Report on US missile shortage raises concerns over South Korea’s air defenses
6. Could Korea’s K9 bid in Spain influence subsequent deals with Poland, Romania?
7. Activists, foreign ministry clash over approval process for Ukraine trip
8. Who is 1st sitting lawmaker to enter military boot camp as trainee soldier?
9. Soaring prices squeeze North Korea’s vulnerable households
10. North Koreans face heatstroke and robbery in the same breath
