Discussion on Strengthening the Execution of the 'Nuclear Umbrella' between Korea and the US in Washington

KIDD Held Today... Attendance by Defense and Foreign Affairs Officials

South Korea and the United States will hold a high-level defense consultation meeting to discuss alliance security issues, including measures to strengthen extended deterrence capabilities.

On the 25th, the 14th Korea-US Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) meeting is being held at the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. At this meeting, Korea and the US will review and evaluate the achievements of their defense cooperation so far and discuss future directions to ensure the successful holding of the 50th Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) scheduled for late October in Washington DC. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

According to the Ministry of National Defense on the 11th, the 22nd Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue (KIDD) meeting will be held in Washington D.C. from the 11th to the 12th (local time). Key defense and diplomatic officials from both countries will attend this KIDD, including Heo Tae-geun, Director General of Defense Policy at the Ministry of National Defense, Ely Ratner, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, and Siddharth Mohandas, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.

During the meeting, South Korea and the U.S. will focus on policy coordination to deter and respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, strengthening extended deterrence capabilities including the "nuclear umbrella," revising the Tailored Deterrence Strategy (TDS), and enhancing regional security cooperation including Korea-U.S.-Japan security collaboration.

Additionally, the meeting will cover a broad range of alliance security issues such as strengthening defense science and technology cooperation, space and cyber collaboration, promoting conditions-based transfer of wartime operational control, and new measures to enhance defense cooperation aimed at developing a global comprehensive strategic alliance.

KIDD is a high-level consultation body established in 2011 for timely and effective security consultations between South Korea and the U.S. It consists of the Executive Session, Security Policy Initiative (SPI), Korea-U.S. Deterrence Strategy Committee (DSC), and the Combined Operational Control Transfer Working Group (COTWG). The previous 21st KIDD was held in Seoul in August last year. Two days after this KIDD meeting, on the 14th, the Korea-U.S.-Japan Security Meeting (DTT) will follow to discuss real-time sharing of missile warning information.

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