Seoul: South Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have held high-level talks to discuss ways to enhance cooperation on cybersecurity, the foreign ministry said Friday. The cyber dialogue took place in Seoul on Thursday, led by South Korean Ambassador for International Cyber Affairs Lee Tae-woo and Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, NATO's assistant secretary general for cyber and digital transformation.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the two sides have agreed to strengthen cooperation against malicious cyber activities while assessing cybersecurity threats in the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions. South Korea and NATO launched the high-level cyber dialogue in 2023 in an effort to bolster cooperation in the cybersecurity sector.