10/23/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency
2. U.S. and Israel are planning for a possible attack on Iran, source tells NPR
3. From Jihad to Instagram: The Taliban’s New Playbook
4. China This Week: Governance Signals That Matter
5. How the Army Fights: Insights from the 1973 Arab-Israeli War
6. Opinion | Iran is not bowing to pressure
7. ‘Terrifying’: Ukraine and Europe on edge as Trump takes Putin’s side
8. Trump Asked Musk to Reverse Limits on Ukraine’s Military Internet Use
9. Ukraine Says Starlink Isn’t Working, Despite Trump’s Promise to Restore It
10. Iran Threatens Wider Strikes on Economic and Civilian Targets if U.S. Attacks
11. Hegseth’s Afghanistan remarks spark backlash from US veterans, allies
12. Covert Russian Group Injects Baseless Claim Into the Texas Senate Race
13. ‘Jensen’s nightmare’: Huawei, DeepSeek narrow AI chip ecosystem gap with Nvidia: report
14. US Army long-range fires make a splash on the frontline with China
15. US Army’s overseas combat muscle less formidable than it appears, study says
16. Military Boards Are Defying Orders and Letting Trans Troops Serve
17. The Miniaturization of Military Robots
18. When a Good Base Becomes a Bad One: Battlefield Disposition and the Operational Campaign
19. The Fog of Tech: Why the Future of War Can’t Escape the Past by Mara Karlin
20. The New Energy Stalemate in Ukraine: Why Russia’s Escalating Attacks Are Unlikely to End the War
Korean News:
1. Arms Race Intensifies in Korea as the North Is Emboldened by Russia Alliance
2. When Kim Jong Un dies, what happens in the next seven days?
3. What to make of China, North Korea’s new cross-border bridge
4. N. Korea likely planted 960,000 land mines along inter-Korean border since 2024: lawmakers
5. South Korea calls for military talks with North over border tensions
6. The National Intelligence Service reported to the National Assembly Intelligence Committee that “the theory of Kim Jong-un’s death is false”
7. ‘World’s most dangerous’ 13-year-old girl set to follow Kim Jong-un as North Korean leader
8. U.S. military builds $44 million facilities at South Korean air base
9. Ukraine Destroys Elusive North Korean Koksan Supergun in Operation Vivaldi
10. Police investigating if North Korean IT worker infiltrated ROK organization
11. Chinese officials visit North Korea to mark China’s entry into Korean War
12. How North Korea built its founding mythology around an obscure communist group
13. Trump-Kim summit unlikely in near future amid N. Korean demands: U.S. experts
14. “Mr. Chairman, I am still trying to kill you”
15. Exclusive: President Lee Cites ‘Entertainment’ Military Ranking Site
16. Editorial: Veteran Progressive’s Absurd Claim That U.S. Alliance Is a Curse
17. U.S. Forces Korea Baby Saved by Seoul St. Mary’s Heart Surgery
