8/13/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.13.2026 at 09:41pm
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National Security News:
1. What We Learned Tracing North Korea’s Hidden Workforce Inside American Companies
2. Exclusive | U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won.
3. Taiwan Weaponizes Coast Guard to Prepare for Battle With China
4. Putin’s Visit to Disputed Island Adds to Pressure on Japan
5. No One Wants to Talk About the Debt
6. Russian Strikes on Dozens of Grain Ships Threaten Global Food Supplies
7. Ukraine Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke on Russia in the Black Sea Using Drones — Putin Has a Problem
8. CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey
9. Russia’s Baltic Maritime Insurgency
10. The Limits of Economic Coercion: U.S.-China Irregular Warfare in a Dollar-Centered System
11. Stealth Aircraft in War: Flying Under the Radar in Panama, Venezuela, and Beyond
12. There Will be Unseen Costs to be Paid over the War in Iran. Who is Weighing Them?
13. It’s Time For The President To Level With The American People on Iran
14. Digging Below the Death Zone: The Underground War in Ukraine
15. Enabling Iranian Regime Change Without American Nation-Building
16. The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China
17. How to Broker Peace in Ukraine: Decades of Hard-Won Mediation Experience Point the Way
Korean News:
1. 21st-century forced labor and comfort women: How long will we stand by with “selective justice”?
2. What We Learned Tracing North Korea’s Hidden Workforce Inside American Companies
3. Digging Below the Death Zone: The Underground War in Ukraine
4. After Iran: A Scenario for Renewed Trump-Kim Summitry
5. North Korea doubles down on its alliance with Russia, for now
6. North Korea’s Russia experience shapes upcoming US-South Korea exercise
7. Ukraine war experience gives North Korea new edge, UNC deputy commander warns
8. Ask a North Korean: Why I smuggle media content into North Korea
9. Colby says U.S. nuclear strategy aimed at deterring use of nuclear weapons
10. U.S. flags S. Korea, Japan, EU, others over transshipment risks involving China-linked goods
11. South Korea’s red line on arming Ukraine
12. Lee’s approval rating hits record low since inauguration: poll
