HarianKami.com –– In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Indonesia–South Korea Diplomatic Relations, for the first time the Indonesia–Korea Economic Cooperation Forum was held on November 30 2023 by the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry together with The Herald Media Group, the Indonesian Embassy in Seoul, the Korean Embassy in Indonesia and APINDO.
At this event, there were several forum sessions, one of which was the Creative Economy session with the theme K-Wave and I-Wave Side by Side: Boosting Indonesian and Korean Creative Towards 2045 where KVIBES.ID was the only k-pop media that was on the speaker panel in this session with Raffi Ahmad, founder of RANS Entertainment, Luna Maya, founder of NAMA Beauty, and Dita Karang, member of K-Pop Girl Group SECRET NUMBER.
Throughout 2023, various events have been held in Korea and Indonesia to celebrate 50 years of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries.
In March 2023, the Indonesian Embassy in Korea in collaboration with the Herald Media Group held the “Business Forum for 50 Years of Indonesia-Korea Diplomatic Relations: Developing Friendly Relations and Stronger Partnerships through Increasing Investment Cooperation”.
Then in July 2023, the Indonesian Embassy and Herald Media Group collaborated again to hold the “Business Forum for 50 Years of Indonesia-Korea Diplomatic Relations: Fostering Deeper Friendship and Strong Partnerships through Increasing Trade and Industrial Cooperation”
Based on the success of this collaboration, Herald Media Group finally held a third forum which focused on economic cooperation entitled “The Korea–Indonesia Economic Cooperation Forum in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations”. This forum aims to further discuss the topics previously discussed. discussed at the Seoul Forum which was held previously in March and July 2023 with the same focus, namely creative, digital and sustainable economic cooperation.
The event organizers hope that the forum can function as a platform for developing practical, real business opportunities and can foster stronger economic relations between Indonesia and Korea.
As we know, K-Wave has reached its peak in the world through film, fashion and music, one of which is K-Pop Boy Group and Girl Group. The success of Hallyu or Korean Wave had a broad impact and made Korea a mecca for creative industries.
Indonesia itself is the country with the largest economy in Southeast Asia and the country with the fourth largest population in the world which is working to create a creative and digital industrial ecosystem.
Recently, many Korean industries have set up factories and companies in Indonesia. Currently, many business leaders in Indonesia are trying to find partners from Korea to learn and develop collaborations that are mutually beneficial for both countries.
Dhika Himawan, co-founder of KVIBES.ID who is a representative in the K-Wave and I-Wave Side by Side: Boosting Indonesian and Korean Creative Towards 2045 forum, said “The reason why we got involved in Korean entertainment started because we were fans of K. -wave itself, then together with other colleagues built KVIBES.ID as a community for k-wave fans in Indonesia.”
In his session, Dhika Himawan also expressed his gratitude to Mr. Gandi Sulistiyanto (member of the Indonesian presidential advisory board/Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea 2022-2023) who had provided the opportunity to collaborate, one of which was when creating a logo contest for 50 Years of Indonesian Diplomatic Relations– South Korea.
