Indonesia's Response to The Korean Wave

The rapid development of the Korean wave in Indonesia requires Indonesia to respond to the impact of the Korea wave, which is the destruction of Indonesian culture, so in its efforts Indonesia seeks to promote the culture that exists in Indonesia not only domestically but also promotes the culture of Indonesia in South Korea and is called the Indonesian wave. The Cultural House of Indonesia is a public space to introduce the cultural wealth of the Indonesian nation to the world in order to enhance the image, appreciation and building the (cultural) bonds of the international community towards Indonesia. Many countries are trying to gain legitimacy through cultural diplomacy. It seems that the issue of cultural claims has resulted in the government taking a stance to save the cultural wealth of Indonesia by starting to preserve all the cultural riches that exist in Indonesia. Both in the form of art, customs, or traditional games, so that the culture that exists in Indonesia can be known by South Korean people even the world. Indonesia also carried out batik diplomacy in South Korea as a form of Introducing batik as one of the cultures that exist in Indonesia and the batik diplomacy that Indonesia did can be said to be successful in raising the awareness and interest of batik towards the international scope of Indonesia's batik. From KBRI Indonesia in Seoul South Korea, which has held an advanced gamelan class at the Seoul Institute of the Art since 2018 as a form of making gamelan as a foreign ethnic musical instrument taught to students in South Korea this action is carried out to introduce the culture of Indonesia to young people of South Korea. The Indonesian festival, held in the city of Ansan, South Korea, which is the result of a collaboration between Ansan city and KBRI Seoul and the Ansan-Korea  community, as well as supported by companies from both Indonesia and South Korea. The first location is in Bali Bistro, a caf located at 31-74, Nogosan-Dong, Mapo-Gu, Seoul 121-806, South Korea. The second location is at Fun Road Caf 12-13 Siheung-Daero 50-Gil, Geumcheon-Gu. The opening of little Bandung in South Korea was inaugurated by the Indonesian ambassador to South Korea, Umar Hadi. The two little Bandung that are in Seoul are filled with different kinds of products that belong to 21 companies in Bandung, the products that are at little Bandung are not only on sale but will be included at the exhibition Handmade Korea Summer Exhibition. For introduces a very diverse and unique Indonesian culture. As well as KBRI Seoul held a worldwide Angklung as a form of celebrating the world angklung day in South Korea and from holding such a thing it turned out South Korean people very much like the Angklung a musical instrument even such a musical instrument is popular in the South Korea and the event was not only followed by the Indonesian people who are in South Koreas but also followed by many South Koreans who love the wrong culture of Indonesia. The opening of the Indonesian literary major at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Seoul University because of the large number of South Korean students who are interested in Indonesia according to interviews carried out with South Korea students who take Indonesia Literature they said that although the language of Indonesia is quite difficult but the chances to get a job in South Korea are quite large such as jobs as a diplomat or being a translator, they also said interested to know the culture of Indonesia more deeply because it has distinct characteristics of the culture that exists in other countries. The Indonesian company holds an introduction to the culture of Indonesia through Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair at KBRI Seoul as a form of promotion that the tourist destinations that exist in Indonesia are not only in the dewata Bali but still many areas in Indonesia that are quite beautiful such as in Sumatra, Sulawesi as well as the territory that exists in the eastern part of Indonesia as a form so that the destinations visited by tourists can equal to the whole of Indonesia and not just to Bali. Indonesia held the Indonesian Culinary Festival in South Korea in 2018 as a form of introducing Indonesians to the South Korean public that Indonesia has a culinary not less than South Korea's culinaries proven from the week when the Festival was held has succeeded in attracting more than 6000 visitors, the cuisine served at the culinarian festival is Indonesias culinaire cuisine as well as preparing food for breakfast and dinner during the festival is held, the various menus served are rye and shrimp typical of Bali In addition to Rendang and Udang Bumbu Bali menu other dishes offered are Lontong Cap Go Meh, Soto Chicken, Bangka Selada, Dabu-babu Fish, and Rice Buried Village. Not only is there a mouthwasher, but it is also made of chalk, cender, and shrimp. Study based on tempe like lodeh vegetables and fried tempe are also presented. Tempe is no longer a foreign commodity in South Korea because there are many processed foods in Korea that use tempe that is typical of Indonesia. In South Korea, Indonesia also carried out cultural diplomacy through the Ponorogo Reog and the opening of Reog ponorogo in South Korea has been done long enough since 2012 until now to introduce that the Reog is a culture and heritage that exists in Indonesia. Of the actions and efforts made by Indonesia that have been described above is a form of Indonesian response to the Korean wave that spreads quite significantly in Indonesia the action taken by Indonesia is an action to ensure that the culture of Indonesia is not inferior to the South Korean culture so that Indonesia uses it to introduce its culture back to South Korea so that from this soft diplomacy can run fairly balanced between the two countries of Indonesia and South Korea. And diplomacy between the two countries continues.