Jakarta, Nov. 3 -- The Indonesian government, in partnership with South Korea, has assisted 30 domestic cooperatives in adopting smart factory technology to modernize their production systems under the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Smart Factory program.

The initiative was launched in 2023. It brought together the Indonesian government, South Korea's INNOBIZ Association - which represents over 23,000 technology-driven innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - and Indonesia's Binus University.

In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the Indonesian Ministry of Cooperatives noted that the program went beyond technological implementation by emphasizing human capital development through specialized vocational training.

As part...