Many women work in their professional fields in Indonesia

By Vice Chairman Joy Cho
The Republic of Indonesia adopts a presidential system, and the capital, Zakart, is the second most densely populated city center in the world.
Despite its huge population and high population density, Indonesia has the highest ecosystem diversity in the world based on its natural nature, and its natural environment is well preserved due to people's consideration and environmental protection.

It consists of hundreds of different peoples and languages, and the largest ethnic group is the Zawain.
"Unity in diversity" is Indonesia's motto.
It is implementing policies that tolerate multiple languages, ethnic diversity, and religious diversity.
He is also a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the G20, the Non-Aligned Movement, the ASEAN-Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the East Asia Summit, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the Islamic Cooperation Organization.

After achieving Indonesian independence in December 1949, it was hurt by Western terrorists at the time, but through the Revolutionary War, it gradually formed its identity as a nation and became independent.
Indirect elections were held until 2003, but the first direct presidential election was held in 2004 due to the constitutional amendment, and in 2014, Joko Widodo was elected president for the first time as a non-military elite.
At the ambassador's residence in Indonesia, where he was appointed last year, he met with his wife  Susi Ardhani Sulistiyanto for an interview.

Question: Please introduce your family.
Answer: I was appointed ambassador to Indonesia in January 2022 and came to Korea together. As a family, she has a happy life with one daughter, two sons, and six grandchildren.

Q: Tell me about the Indonesian First Lady.
A: Mrs. Iliana is loved by the people for her modesty and meekness. There are two sons, one daughter, and five grandchildren in the family.
I visited Korea from December 27 to 28, 2022 and had a pleasant conversation with the first lady of Korea.  In the G20, he strengthened his close relationship with the first lady of Korea.

Q: Indonesia and Korea are known as brothers. Tell me about the locals in both countries.
A: Many Koreans live in Jakarta, south of Indonesia, and many Indonesians live in Ansan in Korea.

Q: Please explain the role of women in Indonesia.
A: There are great women in the field of expertise. Among them, 30 percent of the lawmakers are women, and in the cabinet, there are five women, foreign, finance, welfare, labor, and environment ministers.
I am active in the meeting of the diplomat's wife at the Embassy of Korea Indonesia. Along with the diplomat's wife, 13 people are learning Indonesian public relations, music, and dance, and performing.

Q: Please introduce a good travel destination in Indonesia for Koreans to enjoy.
A: Indonesia has the highest level of ecological diversity in the world due to its unique tropical climate, diverse castles, and vast size. 
Indonesia's animal and plant populations are a mixture of Asia and Austria, and Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Bali are famous. 
Sumatra is home to tigers, orangutans, crocodiles, Asian elephants, leopards, and king lizards. 
There are travel destinations as famous as Bali.

Q: Please introduce the world-class cultural heritage.
A: Indonesian culture has developed for more than 2,000 years and now has 10 UNESCO Intangible World Heritage Sites, where many cultures coexist. There are two main categories of Indonesian art. 
One is traditional art that has developed over the centuries, and the other is modern art. 
Through trade, it imitated and recreated foreign cultures and arts to create a new culture.
Many of the relics of the great stone are being excavated, mainly tribal cultures have developed, and there are beautiful relics using trees and stones. 
Between the 8th and 15th centuries, the Java civilization used stone-cutting methods to build magnificent structures such as Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple. 
Indonesia has so many ethnic groups that each ethnic group has different shapes of houses and forms of building houses. 
Most indigenous Indonesians carried their traditions through oral traditions, and after independence, each province developed its own literary style.

Q: Tell me about a famous event in Indonesia.
A: There are many religious events. Indonesia has no state religion and guarantees freedom of faith in six religions.
But the ID card must state faith. There is freedom of religious choice, but there is no freedom of religion.

Q: Indonesian traditional clothes are famous, so please introduce them.
A: Indonesian batik is a dyeing technique and has over thousands of strokes and colors, including plants, animals, and geometric patterns.
It was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.
Batik patterns vary from region to region and more than 500 patterns are handmade.
Each door contains history history and philosophy, and philosophy are used as a lot of flowers that deliver love love and happiness.