National Security & Korean Peninsula Briefing: Fully Autonomous Drone Kills Russian Soldier, Lee Jun-seok Labels NK Drone Aid as Treason

National Security & Korean Peninsula News Briefing — June 13, 2026

Source: Small Wars Journal — Arizona State University

🔐 National Security News

1. From Protest to Silence: China's Long Game in Zambia
2. Prediction Markets Face Scrutiny After Internal Betting on Venezuela and Other Military Operations
3. Did It Cross the Line? A Fully Autonomous Drone Kills a Russian Soldier
4. China Arrests U.S. Academic-Journalists, Deepening Friction with Washington
5. Anthropic Says It Will Take Down Claude Fable 5 on U.S. Government Orders
6. How the U.S. and Iran Stepped Back from the Brink of War
7. A Wiretapping Law Targeting Foreign Nationals Is Set to Expire — What Comes Next?
8. Opinion | Building a Hypersonic Missile on a Beer Budget
9. The Former Republican Operative Running a News Site for the 'Politically Homeless'
10. The Mystery Woman Behind the Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion
11. CCP-Linked Influence Operations Are Targeting AI Debates Inside the United States
12. Opinion | Win Minds Before Winning Battles: Why Cognitive Warfare May Be the Most Powerful Weapon of the 21st Century
13. Autonomous Narrative Warfare: Engaging Agentic AI on the Cognitive Battlefield
14. Iran's Cyber Harassment Caught the U.S. Off Guard — How Should Washington Respond?
15. The Evolution of Ukraine's Asymmetric Warfare Tactics
16. Iran Is Copying the North Korean Playbook: Stall, Negotiate, and Keep Building the Bomb
17. 'Ammunition, Not a Ride': The Six Words That Saved Ukraine When the World Expected It to Fall in 72 Hours
18. Trump Should Demand the Release of Political Prisoners Before Xi Jinping Visits the U.S.
19. Reading Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis During the Iran War
20. The China Collapse Theory — Why It Has Never Come True

🇰🇷 Korean Peninsula News

1. North Korea Blasts South Korea–EU Joint Statement, Condemning Allegations of Illegal DPRK–Russia Military Cooperation
2. South Korea, the United States, and Japan Hold Trilateral Talks on North Korea
3. U.S. Tightens Licensing Requirements for Exports of Certain Medical Devices to North Korea
4. Ballot-Shortage Protests Enter Their Ninth Consecutive Day
5. Lee Jae-myung's Approval Rating Drops Below 60% Amid Ballot-Shortage Controversy: Poll
6. Female Lawmaker Introduces House Resolution Recognizing Late U.S. Politician's Contributions to the ROK–U.S. Alliance
7. North Korean Officers' Wives Come to Blows Over Rations as Money and Status Trump Military Rank
8. North Korea's Top Children's Awards Decided by Connections, Not Merit, Parents Say
9. North Korea Leverages U-17 Women's Football Victory for Propaganda
10. Democratic Party Support Slips as Post-Coup Strategy Loses Momentum, Prompting Internal Doubts
11. South Korea's Younger Generation Shows Heightened Interest in North Korea and Unification Issues
12. Why a Hastily Pushed College Merger Could Harm South Korea's National Security
13. The Xi–Kim Summit: Perspectives from Neighboring Countries
14. Lee Jun-seok: 'Sending Drones or Funds to North Korea Are Both Acts of Treason — President Lee Should Face Legal Consequences as Well'

Originally published by Small Wars Journal, Arizona State University.

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