1/8/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News:

1. A Close Call for U.S. Commandos and an Emboldened Trump

2. Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing ‘dangerous times’

3. US will exit 66 international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation

4. Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

5. The U.S. Pumps More Crude Than Anyone Else. Here’s Why It Wants Venezuela’s Too.

6. US has right to take over any country for its resources: Miller

7. What We Know About U.S. Seizures of Oil Tankers

8. Opinion | The Pentagon’s Patriot-Missile Realism

9. A Serious Report for Adversaries; Shrugs for Partners and Allies

10. Opinion | The Iranian Protests Escalate

11. Intelligence, power, moral clarity: Trump’s Venezuela masterstroke

12. Marco Rubio says he will meet Danish officials to discuss Greenland next week

13. Adapting the Combat Training Centers for the Drone Battlefield

14. The New Global (dis)order and the Limits of China’s Power

15. Who Stress-Tests U.S. War Plans?

16. Overcoming the Principal-Agent Problem in “Running” Venezuela

17. Q & A: Karl Marlantes on Vietnam, Leadership, and the Lessons America Still Hasn’t Learned

18. China eyes risks, gains as Trump pushes for ‘spheres of influence’

19. Maduro’s downfall deals China new cards in US rivalry

20. Maduro’s capture is an embarrassing defeat for China, Russia and Iran

21. What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About National Security

22. To Support an America First State Department, Establish a Deputy Secretary of State for Military Affairs

 

Korean News:

1. N. Korea stresses importance of designating leader’s successor in party magazine
2. N. Korea urges heightened discipline, loyalty among officials ahead of party congress
3. Defense Counterintelligence Command involved in martial law bid to be dismantled
4. Pyongyang’s state media silent on birthday of N. Korea’s Kim
5. What North Korea’s 2026 calendar reveals about its plans for the year ahead
6. South Koreans can now read North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun at public sites
7. Civic audit monitors give Lee government’s first audit an ‘F’
8. From ramyeon to haenyeo, eight Korean words enter Oxford English Dictionary
9. Kim Jong-un’s relationship with daughter under scrutiny after New Year’s cheek kiss
10. Lee downplays Xi remarks at South Korea-China summit
11. Kim Jong-un, Ju-ae Stress ‘Socialist Big Family’ at Memorial Hall
12. North Korea’s utility collection drive pits neighborhood watch heads against broke people
13. North Korean markets buzz with fresh food as winter vegetable supply surges
14. Why did President Lee refer to Xi’s remark as ‘the words of Confucius’?

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