3/31/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

1. Opinion | ‘I Will Support and Defend’

2. Opinion | Why Not Declare War?

3. Opinion | Operation Epic Fury Should Make China Very Afraid

4. Opinion | You May Already Have Won the Iran War

5. Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz

6. Japan Is Fortifying This String of Islands Close to China

7. Trump Faces a Decision on Whether to Start a Ground War in Iran

8. Iran’s Fractured Leadership Is Struggling to Coordinate, Officials Say

9. Iran War Chokes Off Helium Supply Critical for AI

10. SOF News – Monthly Drone Report – March 2026

11. Trump’s Propaganda Machine Is Flailing on Iran

12. Warfare Revolution: How The Military Uses AI

13. Iran’s hackers go to war

14. Germany’s Military Reawakening and the Future of European Security

15. Rethinking Deterrence and Integrated Defense: Between Strategic Restraint and ‘Arms Control’ in Tripolar Strategic Competition

16. The Cost of Hesitation: Why “Finishing the Mission” is Imperative in Iran

17. The Trump Administration Had No Plan for the War with Iran

18. The Real War for Iran’s Future

19. Japan has enough plutonium to make 5,500 nuclear warheads, PLA Daily says

1. Half of Students, 80% of Teachers Recognize Need for Unification

2. UN council adopts resolution decrying North Korea’s ‘gross’ human rights abuses

3. Fewer South Korea students view ties with North Korea as hostile, poll shows

4. Pyongyang man sentenced to over 12 years for watching South Korean content

5. U.N. Human Rights Council adopts North Korea resolution

6. South Korean Unification Minister Uses North Korea’s Formal Name

7. South Korea issues textbooks reflecting ‘two-state’ approach

8. Kim Yo Jong’s Discourse as Signaling: Managing External Interpretation in DPRK Foreign Policy

9. North Koreans speculate on succession as Kim Ju Ae drives tank in state media footage

10. A Focus On “Cashing Out”: One Way to Combat DPRK’s Crypto Thefts