Background

Being held in its eleventh iteration this year, the Seoul Defense Dialogue(SDD) is a multilateral cooperation platform representative of the global defense field. Launched by the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense in 2012.

The SDD was able to find its current place on the international stage through the interest and support of high-level defense officials and civilian security experts from various nations and international security organizations.

In consideration of stabilizing COVID-19 situation, the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea is pushing for and in-person main conference for this year's SDD. Defense officials and civil security experts from around the world will participate as keynote speaker, moderator, or panelist in the face-to-face discussion which will be live broadcast online to the interested defense and security experts across the globe.