6/13/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.13.2026 at 06:47pm
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National Security News:
1. From protest to silence: China’s long game in Zambia
2. After insider bets on Venezuela and other military action, prediction markets face scrutiny
3. Line Crossed? Fully Autonomous Drones Kill Russian Soldiers
4. China Arrests American Scholar-Journalist, Adding to Friction With U.S.
5. Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
6. How the U.S. and Iran Turned From Renewed War to the Cusp of Peace
7. A Wiretapping Law Aimed at Spying on Foreigners Is Expiring. What Happens Next?
8. Opinion | A Hypersonic Missile on a Beer Budget
9. The Former GOP Operative Running a News Site for the ‘Politically Homeless’
10. The Mysterious Woman Behind the Nord Stream Explosion
11. PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI debates in the US
12. OPINION | Winning minds before battles: Why cognitive warfare may be the 21st century’s most powerful weapon
13. Autonomous Narrative Warfare: Engaging Agentic AI Within the Cognitive Battlespace
14. Iran’s Trolling Caught the U.S. Off Guard. Here’s How to Push Back.
15. The Evolution of Ukraine’s Asymmetrical Combat Tactics
16. Iran Is Running the North Korea Playbook: Stall, Negotiate, and Build a Nuclear Bomb Anyway
17. ‘Ammunition, Not a Ride’: The Six Words That Saved Ukraine When the World Expected It to Fall to Russia in 72 Hours
18. Trump should demand release of prisoners before Xi US visit
19. Reading Marjane Satrapi’s comic book Persepolis during Iran war
20. The China collapse that just never arrives
Korean News:
1. N. Korea blasts S. Korea-EU statement on illegal military cooperation with Russia
2. S. Korea, U.S., Japan hold talks on N. Korea
3. U.S. tightens licensing requirements for certain medical device exports to N. Korea
4. Protests over ballot shortages continue for 9th day
5. Lee’s approval rating falls below 60% amid ballot shortage controversy: poll
6. Congresswoman submits House resolution honoring late U.S. politician’s contribution to S. Korea-U.S. alliance
7. Officers’ wives brawl over rations as money trumps rank in North Korea
8. Connections decide North Korea’s top children’s award, parents complain
9. North Korea turns U-17 women’s soccer triumph into propaganda blitz
10. Democratic Party rattled by shrinking support as approval ratings slide and post-insurrection strategy loses steam\
11. Young South Koreans Show High Interest in North Korea, Unification
12. Why a rushed academy merger could hurt Korea’s security
13. Xi’s Summit with Kim: Views from the Neighborhood
14. Lee Jun-seok: “Sending Drones or Dollars to North Korea — Both Are Acts of Treason. President Lee Must Also Face the Courts”
