2020 서울안보대화 개막, 코로나시대 안보협력은?<br /><br /> Leading security experts and scholars have stressed the need for international cooperation now more than ever... amid growing competition between U.S. and China and emerging challenges that are increasingly borderless.<br />That's on the first day of the Seoul Defense Dialogue 2020 which kicked off online amid the pandemic.<br />Kim Jiyeon has more. <br /> The global security challenges brought by COVID-19... were center stage in this year's multi-national security platform, the Seoul Defense Dialogue... which kicked off virtually for the first time on Tuesday.<br /> The event focused on the changing dynamics of the liberal international order and ways to build cooperation between nations in the COVID-19 era.<br />In his recorded address, Seoul's Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo stressed the need for stronger international cooperation as the outbreak has had a considerable impact on nearly all aspects of life... including security.<br /><br />"Despite continued efforts, the world faces concerns about a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, so there is a dire need for unity and cooperation between nations... now more than ever." <br /><br /> During the event's first session, security experts highlighted the need for the international community to better deal with borderless, non-traditional security issues particularly the global effort to stop the spread of infectious diseases... amid growing competition between the U.S and China.<br />Experts say such challenges have different characteristics than the traditional security issues involving nuclear and conventional weapons that prevailed during the liberal international order led by the U.S.<br /> The remainder of the event... which runs until Thursday, focuses on non-traditional security threats and the Korean Peninsula peace process.<br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News. <br />
