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10/2/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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10.03.2026 at 12:17am
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National Security News:

1. Hegseth taps three to lead ‘Future of Warfare’ project
2. Can’t start, won’t start: Over 150 new military programs face delay under a CR
3. Army awards counterdrone contracts worth more than $4B
4. Speed to the Warfighter Starts With the Problem, Not the Product
5. We Shot the Wrong People: Autonomous Weapons and the Case for Human Judgment
6. Trump administration is paying $1.6 million a week to keep Voice of America staff on leave
7. From Expertise to Effect: The Next Step for Detachment 201
8. Protection Keeps Maneuver Fighting
9. Cyber Operators Are Deployed in Place. The Pentagon Should Treat Them That Way
10. Ukraine Reports First Combat Use of Its Own Ballistic Missile
11. Opinion | Here’s how to deal with all those fake foreign social media accounts
12. Opinion | The Battle of Hormuz Is Turning
13. Opinion | Revenge Is a Central Pillar of Iranian Foreign Policy
14. Opinion | ‘Strategic Stability’ Is a Comforting Foreign-Policy Fantasy
15. Taiwan takes a page from Ukraine’s playbook in steeling society for an invasion
16. Why is JPMorgan expanding in China? CEO Dimon sees another decade of sharp growth
17. What’s in a name? Why Trump wants to rebrand AI as ‘super intelligence’
18. Army meets Reserve, Special Forces recruiting goals for first time in a decade, general confirms
19. Opinion | Hegseth’s ‘Weirdos’ Speech to the Troops

Korean News:

1. Gov’t reviewing ‘all possible measures’ over N.K.-linked DMZ mine blast: senior official
2. Lee warns of ‘additional measures’ if Ukraine refuses to apologize over N.K. POW transfer disclosure wrangle
3. What Should Korea’s Take on “The Asian NATO” Be?
4. Editorial: Should the President Have Reacted So Publicly and Emotionally Toward Ukraine?
5. People before plants: South Korea trains its chipmakers first
6. South Korea, U.S. unveil $200 billion investment projects
7. Kim Yo-jong again rejects blame for DMZ blast, mocks Seoul’s call to ease tensions
8. U.S. official says Trump does not view talks with N. Korea as ‘concession’
9. Foreign language files land three North Korean youth league officials in custody
10. DMZ land mine explosion should not be politicized: Unification Minister
11. Kim Yo-jong Slams President Lee’s Tension-Easing Pledge: “A Farce Truly Too Good to Watch Alone”
12. Seoul pushes for dialogue with NK, but gov’t speaks in different tones
13. Trump says S. Korea deal ‘keeps getting better,’ unveils $8.4 bil. oil recovery project

About The Author

  • Dave Maxwell

    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 the Editor-at-Large of Small Wars Journal.

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