4/4/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.04.2026 at 04:31pm
National Security News:
1. Opinion | The North Korea Lesson for Iran
2. Hegseth’s ‘paranoia’ over being replaced explains purge of top general — as ally emerges for Army secretary’s role
3. Trump’s Budget Has New Vision for U.S. Government, but Not the Deficit
4. Golden Dome, out-years and lots of missiles: Details of Trump’s $1.5T defense budget request
5. America’s War Machine Runs on Tungsten—and It Could Run Out
6. America is irreplaceable. Europe better start acting like it
7. China imports US oil for Asian fuel markets amid Hormuz crisis
8. As Iran War Rages, Trump’s Gutting of Voice of America Undermines U.S. Influence
9. Telling China’s Story Well: The PRC’s Strategic Narrative as an Instrument of National Power
10. Pentagon readying for cognitive war
11. Opinion | Trump doesn’t need an Iran deal
12. Trump falling into Iran’s asymmetric resolve trap
13. Trump Seeks $152 Million to Begin to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison
14. Opinion | Defeatists on the Left, Pollyannas on the Right
15. Putin’s propaganda machine joins Kim’s circus of spin
16. Amnesty International says Iran’s recruitment of child soldiers is a war crime
17. When Ohio-Class Submarines Retire, Navy SEALs and Green Berets Lose Their Only Way to Deploy 66 Operators From a Submarine
18. Xi Ousts Politburo Member in Deepening Purge of China’s Top Ranks
19. Chinese firms market Iran war intelligence ‘exposing’ U.S. forces
20. In Iran, air power fails America once again
Korean News:
1. Opinion | The North Korea Lesson for Iran
2. ICKS Conference: CHALLENGES TO THE US-ROK ALLIANCE IN 2026 – April 30, 2026
3. Putin’s propaganda machine joins Kim’s circus of spin
4. U.S.-South Korea Relations Are at Breaking Point
5. Seoul Expands Sub Warfare Force with U.S. Helos, Patrol Aircraft
6. How North Korea Armed Iran’s Missile Forces Over Two Decades
7. Column: Kim’s complex intentions reflected in N. Korea’s parliament
8. The Evangelical Roots of North Korea’s Kim Family
9. Rallies in Seoul commemorate, oppose ex-President Yoon’s ouster on 1st anniversary
10. Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic monuments
11. North Korea shifts education costs onto the public with new funding law
12. N. Korea arrests official for quoting Kim Il Sung in Kim Jong Un session
13. North Korean elite school student expelled for tutoring during school holiday
14. Revisiting Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s Last Meeting
