Four Focuses Of Indonesia-South Korea Cooperation In The Development Of Nusantara IKN

JAKARTA - In a series of working visits by President Joko Widodo to South Korea (South Korea), Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono made several working visits to several infrastructure development projects and smart city development.

Basuki explained that the working visit resulted in four forms of concrete cooperation, especially support for the development of the National Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago.

"There are several collaborations that we have agreed on. First, the South Korean Ministry of Environment will help through grants for the construction of a water purification installation with a capacity of 300 liters/second. We had a look at the Hwaseong Water Purification Plant. In my opinion, this is the best available technology that has been applied by South Korea so that it is ready to drink, very reliable because the processing is finally carried out using the ozonation method," said Basuki in his official statement quoted on Friday, July 29.

The second collaboration that has been agreed is the construction of a wastewater treatment plant for IKN Nusantara.

The third collaboration, said Basuki, his party visited Busan Eco Delta Smart City and Smart Village in 2019, when the groundbreaking was also attended by President Joko Widodo.

"We'll see how it progresses after three years. There is such a thing as a smart village that has been completed as many as 86 houses and is inhabited by 400 people. Its development is being monitored continuously through the implementation of 41 types of advanced technology in the smart village," said Basuki.

It is planned that at IKN Nusantara a smart village will also be built consisting of 100 housing units as a pilot project.

This smart village project is planned to start construction in 2023 with support from South Korea.

Finally, to connect IKN Nusantara with the City of Balikpapan, an immersion tunnel will be built in accordance with the concept of a forest city.

"We want to protect proboscis monkeys, fauna, and other endemic flora around Balikpapan Bay. We will not build a bridge that physically changes the morphology of the environment, but try to build an immersive tunnel like in Geoje, Busan. The feasibility study is currently being carried out Then this year we will continue with the basic design, so that we can start construction in 2023," concluded Basuki.