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1/2/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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01.02.2026 at 07:01pm
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National Security News:

1. Happy New Year from Xinanigans!
2. Full text: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s 2026 New Year message
3. Iran’s heroic protesters need to hear that America is on their side
4. Iranian Protesters Killed as Unrest Turns Violent on Fifth Day
5. Opinion | About the New Iranian Protests
6. Trump Warns Iran Against Shooting Protesters
7. Opinion | China Seeks Power, Not Only Trade
8. Venezuelan Exiles Root for U.S. Military Action. Those Left Behind Oppose It.
9. Six Storylines to Watch in 2026
10. Why U.S. Military Combatant Commands Aren’t the Issue—The Military Services Are
11. Taiwan vows to defend sovereignty after China’s military drill
12. China military drills near Taiwan ‘unnecessarily’ raise tensions: US
13. Intel ON FIRE: How Ukraine’s spies reshaped war in 2025
14. The Invisible Frontline: How encrypted networks and AI are rewiring Britain’s security
15. The Demographic Decline of China
16. The Waiting Game: Signposts of Russia’s Coming Failure in Africa
17. Seatbelts for Speeders: Why Beijing Ignores Washington’s Red Phone
18. Why Mechanized Warfare Will Still Be Decisive in the Next Land War
19. Sustaining at the Edge: Army Reserve Integration in the Indo-Pacific
20. Contrarians No More: AI Skepticism Is on the Rise

 

Korean News:

1. Lee calls national unity urgent task
2. Activists fear North Korean human rights policy is eroding under Lee Jae Myung
3. Kim Jong Un’s daughter joins symbolic visit to family mausoleum
4. U.S. Army squadron in S. Korea deactivated last month amid concerns about potential troop cut
5. Unification minister urges N. Korea to return to dialogue, end hostilities
6. Top security adviser raises alarm about N. Korea’s unveiling of what it calls nuclear sub
7. Pyongyang briefly reports on New Year’s greeting by China’s Xi to N. Korea’s Kim
8. South Korea’s Security Adviser Addresses U.S. Concerns Over Revised Communications Law
9. Top Seoul officials warn of North Korean threats but back engagement in new year
10. US-North Korea talks could be coming in 2026. But not the deal Trump wants.
11. Lee Jae Myung to seek China’s support on North Korea during upcoming visit: Wi
12. Lee says S. Korea will continue to respect ‘one-China’ policy: CCTV
13. Defense minister downplays troop cut concerns, cites broader US Army reforms
14. Why has control over DMZ access become such a point of contention between South Korea and the U.S.?

About The Author

  • David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region (primarily Korea, Japan, and the Philippines) as a practitioner, specializing in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines during the war on terrorism and is the former J5 and Chief of Staff of the Special Operations Command Korea, and G3 of the US Army Special Operations Command. Following retirement, he was the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, on the board of advisers of Spirit of America, and is a contributing editor to Small Wars Journal.

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