Ganjar Pranowo Discusses BTS And BLACKPINK Suddenly 'Poke' Korean Ambassador: Are You In The Army Too?

Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo and Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Indonesia, Park Tae-sung. (the official portal of the Central Java Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo met the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Indonesia, Park Tae-sung. In addition to discussing investment collaborations, the two also briefly talked about K-Pop.

This was revealed by Ganjar in the latest upload on his social media account.

In the casual conversation session, Ganjar revealed that young people in Indonesia are following world trends, including the development of music from South Korea, aka K-Pop.

"We also always pay attention to how the development of art and culture in Korea," said Ganjar through his Twitter account, @ganjarpranowo, Friday, June 10.

Ganjar then said that the young people who were in the room with him at that time were also fond of K-Pop music trends. A number of popular K-Pop bands that are loved by young people in the country are called Ganjar.

"These children are K-Pop fans. I think they are ARMY, BTS fans, and BLACKPINK fans," he said.

Ganjar also wanted to know if Park Tae-sung was also a big fan of BTS, known as ARMY.

"Are you an ARMY too?" joked Ganjar.

Laughter broke out in the room where Ganjar met the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Indonesia.

As is known, Park Tae-sung met Ganjar following up on President Jokowi's visit to the Batang Industrial Estate, Central Java, on Wednesday, June 8.

Park Tae-sung said he was happy to meet Ganjar as an old friend. He also discussed cooperation further. Especially the collaboration details from the investment of 9.8 billion US dollars, or Rp. 142 trillion.

In addition, Park Tae-sung said he was ready to participate in improving Central Java's human resources. Mainly vocational students to be used as man power in the Batang Integrated Industrial Estate.

"For that we ask for your support and attention so that it can run well, and I also believe that with this cooperation, we can generate good economic benefits for Batang and Central Java," said Park Tae-sung, quoted from the official portal of the Central Java Provincial Government. .