{
  "id": 19460707,
  "title": "Korea, Indonesia discuss diversifying defense industry cooperation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/korea-indonesia-discuss-diversifying-defense-industry-cooperation-19460707",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T07:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20261111/korea-indonesia-discuss-diversifying-defense-industry-cooperation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Wednesday, Korea and Indonesia engaged in discussions aimed at broadening their defense industry cooperation, as announced by Seoul's arms agency. This conversation took place during a routine bilateral meeting in Jakarta, hosted by representatives from Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Indonesia's defense ministry. The officials explored various methods to diversify the partnership models between the nations' defense companies, encompassing joint development, local production, and joint exports to external markets, according to DAPA.\n\nBoth parties also reviewed the current state of significant ongoing defense cooperation projects and deliberated on subsequent actions to implement these initiatives. Korea has been engaged in the development of its indigenous KF-21 fighter jet in collaboration with Indonesia, as outlined in an agreement to share development costs while transferring technology to Jakarta. However, this project has encountered challenges as Jakarta endeavors to reduce its financial contribution in exchange for a diminished transfer of technology.",
  "summary": "Korea and Indonesia on Wednesday discussed efforts to diversify their defense industry cooperation, including co-development of defense assets and joint arms exports to third markets, Seoul's arms agency said. The topics were addressed during a regular bilateral meeting on defense industry cooperation in Jakarta, led by officials from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea, Indonesia discuss diversifying defense industry cooperation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/s-korea-indonesia-discuss-diversifying-defense-industry-cooperation",
        "published": "2026-11-11T06:00:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}