Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone attends a press conference of Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 22 January 2026. Photo by OLIVIER MATTHYS/ EPA
Jan. 22 (Asia Today) — South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman Kwon Dae-won attended a NATO Military Committee meeting in Brussels this week and said North Korea’s cyber and space threats require closer international coordination, the military said Thursday.
Kwon attended as a representative for Joint Chiefs Chairman Jin Young-seung at the Military Committee Chiefs of Defense meeting held at NATO headquarters in Brussels from Tuesday to Wednesday local time. South Korea took part as an Indo-Pacific partner, the Joint Chiefs said.
The NATO Military Committee meeting brings together senior military officials from allied and partner countries to discuss key security issues. The South Korean Joint Chiefs participated for the 11th time, having first attended in 2010, the military said.
Kwon met with NATO Military Committee Chairman Giuseppe Cavo Dragone and other senior officials from NATO allies and partner nations to exchange views on security challenges and the need to expand cooperation, the Joint Chiefs said.
He was scheduled to deliver a presentation Wednesday titled “The Rapidly Changing Security Environment and Korea’s Response,” offering an overview of security conditions on the Korean Peninsula, including North Korea’s cyber and space threats, and calling for close international cooperation to address them, the military said.
— Reported by Asia Today; translated by UPI
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