9/20/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
09.20.2026 at 08:16pm
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National Security News:
1. Trump says planned arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers
2. Trump Announces an ‘AI Force’ After Industry Sounded Alarm
3. US weighs delaying Taiwan arms sales until after Apec and G20 summits
4. US, China trade teams set to huddle in New York on tariffs, AI and Iran
5. TRANSCRIPT: ‘China Retains Levers for Long-Term Territorial Ambitions’
6. Trump-Xi Summit Unlikely to Yield Taiwan Agreement, Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Said
7. China’s A.I. Makes a Great Leap Forward. But Its Economy Is Falling Behind.
8. Refineries Are Now the Main Chokepoint for Global Energy Supplies
9. The Rise of A.I. Is Raising Threats From Drones, Police Group Warns
10. Upgunning the A-Team: How Special Operations Command Is Adding Cyber and Electronic-Warfare Capabilities
11. USMC Used Its Expeditionary Operations Playbook In Combat For First Time During Epic Fury
12. Artificial Superintelligence: U.S. Strategy for an Uncertain Future
13. How OSINT Can Help the US IC Crack Chinese Leadership’s Code
14. The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts
15. Five reasons why Trump was so desperate to take control of Greenland
16. US Allies Will Be Watching Xi Jinping’s Washington Visit Closely
17. China expert warns Beijing wants Americans — not the CCP — to spread its message
18. When America Falls Silent: The Strategic Costs of Dismantling VOA
Korean News:
1. N. Korea fires 1 short-range ballistic missile toward East Sea: S. Korean military
2 N. Korea fires additional projectile after short-range ballistic missile launch: S. Korean military
3. Is Korea still a shrimp between whales?
4. [INTERVIEW] ‘My Hell Could Not Kill Me’: A defector’s journey from home and back
5. Editorial: How Can We Speak of Unification When We Can’t Even Build a Single School for North Korean Defector Youth?
6. What’s Behind Seoul’s Olive Branch to Pyongyang?
7. Heavy truck spotted on unopened Yalu River bridge, stokes rumors of opening
8. Unification ministry plans to send over 1,400 medical items to Pyongyang hospital
9. South Korea Respects Court Ruling Ordering North Korea Compensation
10. Wrong Korea, wrong anthem: Asian Games organizers apologize to S. Korea
11. Gov’t to brief Nat’l Assembly on 1st U.S.-bound investment project under summit deal
12. Seoul, Washington strike different tones after brief meeting of top diplomats
13. Korea, U.S. must compromise after inconclusive talks
