{
  "id": 5466904,
  "title": "Defense ministry to host Seoul Defense Dialogue next week amid global security uncertainties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/defense-ministry-to-host-seoul-defense-dialogue-next-week-amid-global-5466904",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T02:12:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20260904/defense-ministry-to-host-seoul-defense-dialogue-next-week-amid-global-security-uncertainties"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Korean Ministry of Defense announced a major international security forum, the Seoul Defense Dialogue, set to take place next week from Monday to Wednesday. Titled \"Toward a new coexistence in the age of turbulence,\" this year's event aims to explore strategies for cooperation amid escalating global security uncertainties.\n\nThe forum is expected to gather around 1,000 delegates from 67 countries, including defense chiefs from the Czech Republic, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Uganda. Key discussions will focus on international order and alliance, featuring three plenary sessions, as well as four special sessions led by security experts.\n\nAmong the topics under discussion will be a new approach to achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula, as well as challenges related to rifts and cooperation in the maritime order. A working group session dedicated to cyber and space security is set to convene on Monday.\n\nThe Ministry of Defense emphasized that the annual forum serves as a crucial platform to seek innovative ways for coexistence in a rapidly evolving security landscape. Established in 2012, the Seoul Defense Dialogue has become a significant annual event in the realm of international security cooperation.",
  "summary": "Korea will hold an annual international security forum next week to discuss ways for cooperation in the midst of growing uncertainties in the global security environment, the defense ministry said Friday. The Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD), scheduled to run from Monday through Wednesday, will be held under the theme \"Toward a new coexistence in the age of turbulence,\" according to the ministry.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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