JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia and South Korea have strengthened their business ties with investments worth trillions of rupiah that will also create thousands of job opportunities in the Southeast Asian country.
A recent visit of State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Bahlil Lahadalia to Seoul resulted in at least three business deals, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Wednesday. South Korean glass manufacturer KC Glass Co. Ltd. is set to invest Rp 5.1 trillion (US$342.9 million) in a deal that can help employ up to 1,300 Indonesian workers.