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| Indonesia believe there is no point in isolating any nation no matter how damnable are its rulers in the eyes of the world. Dialogue is always useful. | Indonesia believe there is no point in isolating any nation no matter how damnable are its rulers in the eyes of the world. Dialogue is always useful. | ||
| Indonesia will never condone North Korean aggression nor will it approve its human rights violations. But it will keep on talking with North Korea, encouraging it to do what is right ― as Indonesia did in the case of ].<ref name="JakartaGlobe1">{{cite web | |||
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| In June 2010, the ] appointed Marzuki Darusman as special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea. Darusman replaced Thailand's Vitit Muntarbhorn, who for six years detailed a litany of human rights abuses despite not being allowed entry into North Korea. Darusman is a former attorney-general of Indonesia, a member of the United Nations Independent Commission for Investigations and co-chairman of the working group for an ASEAN human rights mechanism. | In June 2010, the ] appointed Marzuki Darusman as special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea. Darusman replaced Thailand's Vitit Muntarbhorn, who for six years detailed a litany of human rights abuses despite not being allowed entry into North Korea. Darusman is a former attorney-general of Indonesia, a member of the United Nations Independent Commission for Investigations and co-chairman of the working group for an ASEAN human rights mechanism. | ||
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Indonesia–North Korea relations refers to the bilateral relations of Indonesia and North Korea. Indonesia is one of the very few countries that still maintain cordial relations with North Korea, despite international sanctions and isolation applied upon North Korea concerning its human rights abuses and nuclear missile program. Indonesia has adopted what it calls a “free-and-active” foreign policy, which allows it to be consistent in counting on both North and South Korea as friends.
Both nations share a relationship that dates back to the Sukarno and Kim Il-sung era in the 60s. Indonesia has an embassy in Pyongyang, while North Korea has an embassy in Jakarta. Both nations are members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
According to a 2013 BBC World Service Poll, 42% of Indonesians view North Korea's influence positively, with 22% expressing a negative view. This is the second most favorable opinion in the world after Ghana's.
History
Indonesia has developed a relatively good relationship with North Korea since the diplomatic relations established in 1961. This is partly due to the fact that each country did not interfere with each domestics affairs. During President Kim Il-sung’s visit to Indonesia in 1965, President Sukarno was showing the North Korean leader around the Bogor Botanical Gardens when the latter was smitten by an orchid from Makassar. President Sukarno promptly named the flower Kimilsungia and appointed it as the symbol of the eternal friendship between the two countries. The Kimilsungia violet orchid, has become an integral part of the ever-present state-sponsored propaganda that surrounds the late leader.
In March 2002, president Megawati Soekarnoputri visited Pyongyang, whose family’s relationship with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dates back to 1964. During her visit Megawati tried to encourage the North Korean back to the negotiation process with Seoul and Washington. The visit however, proven did not provide significant breakthrough.
In 2002, the president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Council of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Yong-nam, met president Megawati Soekarnoputri. In 2005 president Kim Yong-nam also visited Indonesia to attend the Asian-African Conference Commemorative. In May 2012, president Kim Yong-nam, paid an official visit to Jakarta. The visit prompting Indonesian Human Rights and Democracy activists to call on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to help push for democratization and respect for human rights in the isolated state. During this visit, President Yudhoyono had agreed to send $2 million worth of aid to North Korea. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa quickly announced that Indonesia would make sure the aid would reach those who needed.
Trade
Early trade between North Korea and Indonesia consisted of shipments of plywood, paper, tobacco products and packing materials going from Indonesia to North Korea and returning with organic chemicals, steel and machinery. Today, North Korea's needs for Indonesia's raw material inputs into the manufacturing process - plywood, paper and packing materials - has ended. Its ability to export the final products of these manufacturing processes has also ended. Today the trade between two countries are minimal as North Korea being isolated from world trade.
Contemporary relations
Indonesia once looked at North Korea as a fellow member of the Non-Aligned Movement and as a partner for strategic cooperation. Today its strategic future is tied up with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and is more likely to cooperate with Japan, South Korea, Australia and other regional middle-powers, as evidenced by coordination at the G-20 and the ASEAN Regional Forum. While Indonesia once looked at North Korea as a source for defense procurement, it today looks to South Korea.
Despite went cold and eroding, Indonesia still maintains its relations with North Korea. Although it is quite troublesome, concerning North Korea's human-rights abuses, also missile and nuclear ambitions that has threatening South Korea and Japan, two nations that share a far more closer politics relations, economic interest and strategic partnership with Indonesia.
Indonesia believe there is no point in isolating any nation no matter how damnable are its rulers in the eyes of the world. Dialogue is always useful.
In June 2010, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Marzuki Darusman as special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea. Darusman replaced Thailand's Vitit Muntarbhorn, who for six years detailed a litany of human rights abuses despite not being allowed entry into North Korea. Darusman is a former attorney-general of Indonesia, a member of the United Nations Independent Commission for Investigations and co-chairman of the working group for an ASEAN human rights mechanism.
The North Korean government currently operating the Pyongyang restaurant in Jakarta, serving an authentic North Korean cuisine and dining experience, promoting North Korea as well as the source of foreign currency for North Korean government.
References
- 2013 World Service Poll BBC
- Jill Reilly (15:36 GMT, 18 April 2012). "Here's us with the Kims: North Koreans flock in their thousands to celebrate 100th anniversary of founding father's birth... with a happy snap in front of massive portrait". Daily Mail Online. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Megawati embarks on Asian tour". BBC. Sunday, 24 March, 2002, 07:48 GMT. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Bagus BT Saragih (Mon, May 14 2012, 8:17 AM). "Human rights concerns cloud North Korea's leader visit to RI". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Jeffrey Robertson (Sep 15, 2010). "Sun sets on Indonesia's North Korea ties". Asia Times. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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