4/12/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.12.2026 at 05:11pm
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National Security News:
1. Operation Epic Fury Update – 12 April 2026
2. Why Iran and Other Regimes Are So Hard to Break
3. Kryptonite to America’s Economic Super Powers: Chokepoints
4. Iran War News Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will Blockade of Strait of Hormuz
5. The U.S. Sank One of Iran’s Navies. The Other Still Controls Hormuz.
6. Iran’s Nuclear Program Has Survived, Posing Problem for U.S. Negotiators
7. The Doctrine of Coercive Ambiguity
8. The Man Who Shaped Washington’s View of the Middle East
9. Why America is still winning
10. Ukraine will have the most important defense industrial base in the free world, former CIA chief predicts
11. U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War
12. Everyone Said Aircraft Carriers Were the New Obsolete Battleships. The Iran War Just Proved Them Wrong
13. The U.S. Fired 18 Months of Patriot Missile Production in 4 Days. The Arsenal Is Empty. Nobody Planned for This.
14. No retreat at Hormuz — Iran must not control the world’s energy lifeline
15. Neurotechnology and the Transformation of War’s Human Domain
16. Pope Leo Criticizes Religious Language Used by Trump on the War
17. In 1990, a bipartisan Congress passed historic bills. Then it cracked apart.
18. Proficient at Irregular Warfare? Time to Emphasize ‘Method of Instruction’ in the U.S. Army Special Forces Regiment
Korean News:
1. Why Iran and Other Regimes Are So Hard to Break
2. With Gaza and Iran, a change is coming to conservatism in South Korea
3. Extreme left nonprofit bizarrely promotes North Korea as utopia with free housing to NYC’s cash-strapped
4. Why President Lee’s Human Rights Argument Falls Short
5. Amanda Wick: Nation-state actors are escalating cyber threats, North Korea’s hacking is a major revenue source, and crypto companies must rethink security protocols | Unchained
6. ‘It reads like a spy novel’: $280 million theft from Drift involved North Korean fake companies, cutouts
7. ＜Inside N. Korea＞More Students Volunteering for Special Forces — “I Will Become a True Hero”: Propaganda Using Russia Veterans Having Major Impact
8. Lee reiterates commitment to upholding human rights following online exchange with Israel
9. Cheong Wa Dae to maintain emergency posture after U.S.-Iran talks fall through
10. S. Korea, Australia on ‘separate but parallel’ paths in nuclear-powered submarines push: top Australian envoy
11. Editorial: Diplomatic Storm from False Claims: Calm Over Escalation
12. Korea-Israel ties unlikely to face serious strain over Lee’s social media message: analysts
13. Korea’s strategic reality: Trust America, prepare for the future
