Indonesian defense minister to visit S. Korea to attend fighter jet event (Yonhap)

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Indonesian defense minister to visit S. Korea to attend fighter jet event​

All News 23:34 April 06, 2021

In this file photo, taken on Jan. 22, 2021, and provided by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), workers assemble the first prototype of South Korea's indigenous fighter jet KF-X at its plant in the southeastern city of Sacheon. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

JAKARTA/SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto departed Jakarta on Tuesday to visit South Korea for an upcoming rollout ceremony showcasing a prototype of the country's first indigenous fighter jet.

Accompanied by some 20 officials, Prabowo is set to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday aboard a private plane to attend the KF-X fighter jet rollout event, expected to be held sometime this week, according to diplomatic and defense industry sources.

Whether Indonesia, a partner in the KF-X project, will send senior officials to the ceremony has been a focus of attention, as it could be a sign that Jakarta remains committed to the project amid speculation that it is seeking to quit the business.

During his three-day stay, the Indonesian minister is expected to meet with senior officials in South Korea, including Defense Minister Suh Wook.

Seoul's defense ministry earlier said the two countries are having talks to arrange a defense ministerial meeting on the occasion of the rollout ceremony.

Indonesia had promised to shoulder 20 percent of the new fighter's 8.8 trillion-won (US$7.9 billion) development cost, but it has stopped making payments after investing 227.2 billion won, with around 600 billion won overdue.

Eyes are on whether the defense cooperation between the two sides will get back on track with Prabowo's visit. Besides the fighter jet project, Indonesia signed a deal with South Korea in 2019 to purchase three submarines, but the business has also made little progress since then.

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On a visit to South Korea, Minister of Defense Prabowo met with the Minister of DAPA, Kang Eun Ho
April 7, 2021 | 20:13 WIB

Starting a work visit in South Korea, Minister of Defense Prabowo received the Minister of DAPA, Mr. Kang Eun Ho, accompanied by the Indonesian Ambassador to South Korea HE Umar Hadi. Photo. Doc: IDM

Minister of Defense Prabowo and Delegation of the Ministry of Defense received the Minister of Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) of the Republic of South Korea, Kang Eun Ho, accompanied by the Indonesian Ambassador to South Korea HE Umar Hadi. Photo. Doc: IDM

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense delegation visited South Korea to attend the ceremony to launch the first prototype KFX fighter jet made in South Korea.

Defense Minister Prabowo will be in South Korea for three days and is scheduled to meet a number of senior officials, including South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook. ( wan / man)

Kunjungan ke Korea Selatan, Menhan Prabowo Bertemu Menteri DAPA

Menhan Prabowo Bersama Delegasi Kementerian Pertahanan Menerima Minister of Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) Republic of Korea Selatan ,

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Prabowo is a fluent English speaker, Korean DAPA minister just need to bring English-Korean translator (that Korean girl)

About the comment he made during interview with Aljazeera (7 years ago), that is politician kind of narratives as he was a rival of Jokowi at that time. Indonesian democracy is quite fair and we have strong civil society that are present during elections, including pool survey and quick count conducted by many respected survey company during the election and counting process.

Unlike in US, counting process in Indonesia election is conducted in each voting station where many people will become a witness. Not to mention the ability for people to document the result in each voting station (using photo shoot) as a comparison of official result and posted it in a platform made by our civil society (NGO).

Prabowo acquisition that election is fraud has also been debunked in Constitution Court trial in 2019 where the process is open with Live Streaming from official Constitution Court YT channel that is also aired by all Indonesian News TV.