Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency, others to transfer Korean ocean satellite technology to Indonesian government

[Financial News] A forum will be held to transfer to Indonesia the “ocean satellite technology” developed by South Korean government agencies in partnership with the private sector, and to review the results. Pursued as part of official development assistance (ODA), the project aims to foster a mutually cooperative research relationship by supporting Indonesia with analytical systems and observation equipment and helping train local experts.
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) and the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA) announced that they would hold the 3rd Korea-Indonesia Joint Workshop on Ocean Satellites in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the 26th (local time).
The workshop was organized to share the results of the ODA project, “Establishing a Foundation for Using Korean Geostationary Satellites for National Ocean Management in Indonesia,” which has been carried out from 2022 through this year. It will also provide an opportunity to share the two countries’ research and cooperation experiences to date in using ocean satellite information.
Since 2022, KHOA has provided Indonesia with satellite data for its waters and supported the provision of systems and equipment for processing satellite information. It has also helped strengthen Indonesia’s capacity to use satellite information by supporting training for four local specialists at the master’s level and holding short-term training sessions twice a year.
This is the third workshop, following those held in 2022 and 2024. The two countries will share the project’s progress to date and new experiences applying satellite information to marine environmental observation and management. Attendees will include the Deputy for Coordination of Marine Resources at Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs and the National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia, as well as representatives of research institutes and universities in both countries, including the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Pusan National University and Pukyong National University.
The workshop will present research cases using satellite information to study the marine environment, including the results of building a satellite data utilization system, detecting oil at sea, observing coral reefs and analyzing mangrove forest distribution. Participants will also review research on the validation and calibration of satellite data using in-situ observation data, along with cases of satellite information use in Indonesian waters.
Building on these results, the two countries plan to discuss future cooperation to expand the use of satellite information in marine environmental observation and management. In particular, they will seek ways to cooperate so that Indonesia can continue using the systems and technology established after the project ends, while South Korea can obtain local observation data needed to verify the accuracy of satellite data.
KHOA Director Jang Myo-in said, “This workshop is an opportunity for the two countries to share the results and experience of using marine satellites over the past five years and assess the potential for satellite information to contribute to marine environmental observation and management. We hope that the technical and capacity-building support provided through ODA will not end as a one-off achievement, but will develop into a cooperative relationship in which the two countries build research outcomes together based on each other’s experience.”
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