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1/17/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
Access National Security News HERE.
Access Korean News HERE.
National Security News:
1. The Country’s First ‘Cognitive Advantage’ Chief: Influence Is the New Battlefield
2. The Bridge at the Center of the Pentagon
3. The Stain of American Timidity
4. Congress calls for expanded multilateral defense ties across Indo-Pacific
5. How Trump Went From ‘Locked and Loaded’ to Hitting Pause on Striking Iran
6. Iran’s Leader Calls Trump a ‘Criminal,’ Blames Him for Deaths
7. China and Canada Edge Closer With Progress on Trade
8. Trump Is Making China Great Again
9. Xi’s Enforcers Punished Nearly a Million in 2025—and China’s Leader Wants More
10. Opinion | The Case for Regime Change in Iran
11. Exclusive | U.S. Officials Concerned Syria, Backed by Turkey, Will Expand Operation Against Kurds
12. China protests over Philippine coast guard’s Xi images
13. Russian Spy Ship Slips Past Japan’s Southwestern Islands Under Close Naval Watch
14. The 2025 National Security Strategy: Beyond rhetoric into operational doctrine
15. US paralysis on Iran crisis owes to Navy capacity gaps
16. A massive Arctic military buildup will center on Greenland
17. The 1951 Agreement Allowing US Military in Greenland
18. China Won’t Save Iran’s Regime – But Chinese Surveillance Technology Might
19. Budd, Shaheen Lead Bipartisan Bill to Protect the Identity of Special Operations Forces Executing Dangerous U.S. Military Operations
Korean News:
1. Radio Free Asia to resume Korean broadcasts to reach North
2. South Korea’s Delicate Balancing Act Amid China-Japan Discord
3. N. Korea would want nuclear arms acknowledgment, sanctions removal if it accedes to dialogue with U.S.: ex-U.S. envoy
4. North Korea Briefing: Vol. 3, Winter 2025
5. South Korea’s Progressives Turn Blind Eye to Iran’s Crisis
6. Seoul, Tokyo watch US foreign policy twists with rising fear
7. China sells salmon raised in Yellow Sea structures, raising concerns about their possible dismantlement
8. North Korean trader: Pyongyang’s price monitoring leaves no room for profit
9. Inside the badge: Exhausted North Korean cop admits economy hurts bribe income
10. Burst pipes leave North Koreans waiting in -20°C cold as injuries mount
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