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

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News:

1. Going on the Offensive: Rethinking US SOF’s Mission Set for the Age of Strategic Competition

2. American Power Without Fiscal Alignment Is Not Sustainable Power

3. In a First, U.S. Deploys Combat Jets to Israel for Potential Wartime Mission in Iran

4. F-16 Pilot’s Narrow Escape in Missile Attack Shows Risks of a New Mideast War

5. Is China flexing its intelligence muscle by tracking US military moves near Iran?

6. Can China and Philippines replace ‘disputes with cooperation’ after years of tension?

7. US to keep China trade tariffs steady ahead of key Trump-Xi meeting: Greer

8. Greenland: Defense Agreements with Denmark | SOF News

9. Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

10. Assessing Xi’s Unprecedented Purges of China’s Military: Key Developments and Potential Implications

11. ‘We don’t have infantry’: Ukraine’s war machine evolves into machine war

12. Ukraine Is Losing the War

13. America Needs an Alliance Audit

14. Voice of America is covering Iran’s protests, but not its best-known dissident

15. For Iran’s Regime, Better to Take a Beating than Capitulate

Korean News:

1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un’s Closing Address at Ninth WPK Congress
2. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un’s Speech at Military Parade Held in Commemoration of Ninth Congress of WPK
3. Kim leaves door open to U.S. ties as North Korea vows nuclear buildup
4. Lee reaffirms commitment to improve ties with N. Korea after Pyongyang snubs dialogue offer
5. (News Focus) N. Korea keeps door open for dialogue with U.S.; deepens hostility toward Seoul
6. S. Korea regrets N.K.’s hostile policy declaration toward Seoul, vows to pursue reconciliation
7. Kim Jong-un Labels South Korea ‘Complete Hostile State’
8. USFK Commander’s Statement Directed by U.S. Department of Defense
9. China’s rare earth leverage and South Korea’s strategic counterweight
10. Anti-satellite weapons, AI tech headline North Korea’s new military wish list

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