Erick Thohir Meets South Korean Trade Minister, Discusses Electric Vehicle Batteries To The Digital Content Industry

Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir together with the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea, Moon Sung-wook. (Photo: Instagram @erickthohir)

JAKARTA - Indonesia and South Korea have just agreed to cooperate in strengthening the electric vehicle (EV) battery industry ecosystem and the digital content industry. This agreement is a follow-up to the previous bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

The cooperation between the two countries was marked by a meeting between the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir; South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Moon Sung-wook, and South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia, Park Tae-sung. The meeting was held at the SOE Ministry Building, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday, February 21.

The moment of the meeting was also uploaded by Erick Thohir on his official Instagram account @erickthohir. Erick explained that the meeting discussed the potential for strategic cooperation between Indonesia and Korea.

"Continuing bilateral relations that have been well established so far. This afternoon I met the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea Mr. Moon Sung-wook and the South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Mr. Park Tae-sung. We discussed the potential for cooperation strategic relationship between Indonesia and Korea," Erick wrote, quoted from his official Instagram @erickthohir, Monday, February 21.

Erick also explained that the two countries are ready to build an ecosystem for mutual progress. He also hopes that in the future there will be more creative content collaborations between Indonesia and South Korea.

"We discussed sustainable economic cooperation, especially in the electrical vehicle (EV) battery industry and the digital content industry. Indonesia and Korea are ready to build a joint ecosystem for the progress of the two countries," he said.

For your information, since 2020 cooperation between Indonesia and South Korea has been carried out. The two countries have established cooperation regarding developing the COVID-19 vaccine with the authority.

Not only that, Indonesia and South Korea are also cooperating in the investment sector. Cooperation is carried out in several business sectors.