Asia's largest annual security forum,... the 17th Asia Security Summit,... is set to begin,... with the official opening on Friday evening in Singapore.
The three-day 'Shangri-La Dialogue',... is a one-point-five track forum,... involving defense ministers, key officials and security experts from some 40 countries.
South Korea's defense minister Song Young-moo will hold various bilateral and trilateral talks on the sidelines of the forum,... including talks with his U.S. counterpart James Mattis on Saturday.
The South Korean defense minister will also brief the forum on the recent developments in inter-Korean relations in his speech on Saturday,... and call for international cooperation for the North's successful denuclearization.