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The article about it from Jakarta Post during SK President and Jokowi's impromptu in Bogor.
Moon, Jokowi go ‘blusukan’
- The Jakarta Post
- 10 Nov 2017
- Indra Budiari
Reuters/Darren Whiteside
Hitting it off: President Moon Jae-in of South Korean (second left) chats to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the balcony of the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday. Looking on are first ladies Kim Jung-sook (left) and Iriana Widodo.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his host President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo spent some time at a shopping center in Bogor, West Java, after their inaugural bilateral meeting.
Jokowi and Moon bought batik shirts before sipping hot jasmine tea from a small beverage stall at Bogor Trade Mall.
The blusukan (impromptu) visit on Thursday reflected the closeness of the two countries, which have agreed to enhance their ties.
The two countries signed a strategic partnership agreement in December 2006.
Earlier during their meeting at Bogor Palace, both leaders pledged to work for closer ties, targeting US$30 billion in two-way trade by 2022, and they urged North Korea to stop its nuclear program.
The presidents agreed that trade and investment are important vehicles for development in South Korea and Indonesia.
After the meeting, the presidents witnessed the signing of three memoranda of understanding (MoU) in transportation, industrial and medical sectors. The MoU were signed by the relevant ministers from both countries.
Jokowi and Moon also agreed that the special strategic partnership would involve the political and security sectors.
“Moon and I just had a warm and productive bilateral meeting. We agreed to upgrade our relations to a special strategic partnership with a focus in industry,” Jokowi told reporters in a joint statement after the summit.
Indonesia is currently South Korea’s 15th-largest trading partner, while South Korea is Indonesia’s sixth-largest.
However, the value of Indonesian exports to South Korea dropped to about $7 billion in 2016 from $7.6 billion in 2015. Meanwhile, import values fell by 20 percent to $6.67 billion in 2016 from $8.42 billion in 2015.
Moon and Widodo emphasized that their strong cooperation would go beyond economic ties to include regional and global issues as they expressed their concern about the current situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Jokowi said that Indonesia would remain firm in its position of demanding that North Korea fully comply with its obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions, asking the rogue country to discontinue its nuclear program. However, he said he also believes that the tension on the Korean Peninsula should be solved through dialogue.
“I appreciate Moon’s position. He is still open to resolution through dialogue,” he said.
Prior to his Jakarta visit, Moon hosted United States President Donald Trump in Seoul. During their meeting, Trump fueled tension on the peninsula by saying that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was putting his nation in “grave danger” by not giving up his nuclear program.
However, Moon has taken a softer approach toward his neighbor by saying he wanted to bring North Korea to the discussion table and back into the international community.
Moon and Jokowi reaffirmed that cooperation in the defense industry was a symbol of mutual trust. They said they were determined to continue enhancing defense industry cooperation, with stronger emphasis on capacity building, research and development and joint production.
Moon also said South Korea would “continue to support” development of the KFX/IFX jet fighter that is under development by the two countries.
The KFX/IFX is a twin-engined 4.5 generation fighter jet, described as having capabilities above the venerable F-16 Fighting Falcon, but below the stealthy F-35 Lightning II, both of which are made by US defense company Lockheed Martin.
Indonesia bears 20 percent of the development cost and the remainder is covered by South Korea.
Indonesia is also the first foreign user of South Korean-made single-engined KT-1B Woong Bee turboprop trainers and singleengined T/A-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainers.
For its part, Indonesia has sold CN-235 medium transport aircraft to both South Korea’s air force and coast guard.
Other defense industry cooperation includes the acquisition of three submarines made by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, the third of which is to be assembled at the state-owned PT PAL shipyard in Surabaya.
Previously, South Korea provided transfer-of-technology in the construction of four landing platform docks (LPD). Two LPDs were made in South Korea and the other two in Surabaya.
South Korea, Indonesia agree to elevate ties to special strategic partnership Two-way trade projected to reach $30b by 2020
South Korea is seeking to enhance its economic relations with Indonesia, particularly in trade and investment, as it tries to exert greater influence in Southeast Asia.
In his remarks to a business forum attended by around 300 business leaders from both countries on Thursday, South Korean president Moon Jae-in highlighted the importance of Indonesia in its new diplomatic direction toward the region of more than half a billion people. Acknowledging that in the past, Korean diplomacy heavily centered on China, Japan and Russia, he felt that orientation had to change.
“It should shift to new horizons and Indonesia has good prospects,” Moon said, citing the good relationship that Korea had already built with Indonesia.
Under its “New Southern Policy,” Asia’s fourth-largest economy hopes to forge closer ties with the 10 Southeast Asian countries grouped under ASEAN, which it considers the second-most important entity in the international arena after China.
Moon particularly praised Indonesia’s achievement in maintaining strong economic growth above 5 percent a year, even amid the global economic crisis. He expected Korea could increase trade and investment with Indonesia, which he described as a “strategic partner” with the biggest role in ASEAN.
In a separate event at the Bogor Palace in West Java in the afternoon, Moon and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo vowed to boost bilateral trade to US$30 billion by 2022.
Two-way trade and Korean investment in Indonesia have slowed down in the past years after reaching their peak in 2011, according to data from the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade.
Korean exports to Indonesia fell to $6.61 billion last year from $13.58 billion in 2011, whereas imports also plunged to $8.29 billion from $17.22 billion over the period.
Meanwhile, investment plunged to $643 million by 63 companies in the past year from $1.3 billion by 162 companies in 2011.
The overall investments include those made by tire maker Hankook, the fourth-largest steel maker Posco and electronics giant Samsung.
Moon specifically mentioned Korea’s intention to invest in the automotive sector in Indonesia. “Korea now is the world’s fifthbiggest automotive producer and I know Indonesia has a great vision to be the largest automotive producer and exporter in ASEAN,” he said.
Hyundai Indonesia president director Mukiat Sutikno expected Moon’s intentions would help the negotiations within Hyundai Group as its Indonesian subsidiary hoped to produce new models in its local car factory.
Hyundai’s factory in Bekasi, West Java, is able produce 26,000 cars each year, only a fifth of the installed capacity. The local unit is in talks with its Korean principal to build additional models in Indonesia.
“We are proposing to the principal to produce another two new models in Indonesia,” he told The Jakarta Post.
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) chairman Rosan Perkasa Roeslani said that Moon’s first official visit to Indonesia was crucial amid the decline in trade and investment, “South Korea’s investments come from a lot of companies, but they each spend relatively little. We hope that President Moon can help boost trade and investment again,” he said.
During the business forum attended by 150 Korean companies, the Korea Rail Network Authority (KRNA) and regional-owned company PT Jakarta Propertindo (JakPro) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the former agreed to invest $500 million in the second phase of the Jakarta light rail transit (LRT) project from Velodrome to Dukuh Atas after the first phase covering the Kelapa Gading-Velodrome track finished in August next year.
“The $500 million facility will be applied under a public-private partnership [PPP] scheme,” JakPro president director Satya Heragandhi said.
Korea views RI as strategic partner in ASEAN Moon expects more Korean investment in auto sector
