South Korean Journalists Are Increasingly Aware Of Indonesia's Important Arts

Indonesian And Korean Journalists

JAKARTA Indonesia has a very important meaning for South Korea. Vice versa. The relations between the two countries so far are very good. Since 2017, Indonesia and South Korea have improved relations to the Special Strategic Partnership level.

South Korean journalists are increasingly aware of the importance of Indonesia. This is the result of our visit that must be underlined," said President of the Korean Journalists Association or Journalists Association of Korea (JAK), Park Jong Hyun in a meeting with the General Chair of the Indonesian Cyber Media Network (JMSI) Teguh Santosa at the Mercure Hotel, Jalan Gatot Subroto, Jakarta, Sunday 6 October.

Park and a delegation of South Korean journalists visited Indonesia this week. In addition to visiting the editorial room of Kompas TV, the South Korean Embassy, the Korean Cultural Center, and the Hyundai factory, the delegation of South Korean journalists also had the opportunity to see up close to the Merdeka Building in Bandung which was the location of the 1955 Asia Africa Conference (KAA).

"This all provides a clear picture of Indonesia's role in history, especially for countries that have gained independence after the Second World War," Park said.

He hopes that good relations between the press communities of the two countries can be maintained, because after all, the press community is the instrument needed so that the exchange of information between the people of the two countries takes place properly.

Present at the meeting were JAM Vice President Lee Sang Hak from Yonhap and JMSI Secretariat Head Ari Rahman and JMSI Jakarta administrator Widian Vebriyanto (RMOL.id) and Revy Alicya (Farah.id).

Chairman of JMSI Teguh Santosa on the same occasion said he welcomed the visit of the JAK delegation, and hoped that the two organizations could collaborate.

"In this era of information disruption, where digital information platforms and actors replace conventional or traditional information platforms and actors, good relations between the people of the press of the two countries are increasingly needed. Do not let this good relationship be damaged by hate speech and untrue news which only aims todramatize the atmosphere," said Teguh.

Teguh also started JAK's collaboration with the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) which began in 2013. At that time he was the Head of the Central PWI Foreign Affairs.

In addition, Teguh was also invited by JAK several times to attend the World Journalists Conference held by JAK every year, both as an active participant and speaker. In 2014 Teguh was invited to be a speaker on press developments in Indonesia and in 2019 he became one of the keynote speakers on the participation of the press community in supporting peace on the Korean Peninsula. Last June Teguh also visited South Korea with the PWI delegation.