By Honorary Reporter Jeanne.O from Indonesia

The dalgona coffee challenge was livestreamed on Instagram by the KCC in Indonesia. (Korean Cultural Center Indonesia)

Within Indonesia, the capital of Jakarta is the region hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. A state of emergency declared on March 20 urged people to work, study and pray from home and urged the cancellation of events and restriction of mass gatherings.

Jakarta is imposing large-scale social restrictions through April 23 that are likely to be extended, forcing many companies and organizations to close temporarily. The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the capital, however, has implemented coronavirus precautions since February by checking every visitor's body temperature and requiring everyone to wear a mask at the center. When the Indonesian government announced the nation's first two COVID-19 cases on March 2, the KCC was closed to the public and postponed all events and classes.

Social distancing, however, has not stopped the KCC from promoting Korean arts and culture to Indonesians. On March 7, it held its first online event through Instagram, a K-games battle that could be played by anyone from home. Other Instagram-live events have included K-crafts, K-talk and K-quiz. This week, the KCC will add more content like an introduction to Korean culture and instruction in Korean. All of these events are available on the center's official YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/KCCIndonesia).

The KCC in Indonesia has challenged its followers to film themselves making Korean crafts and posting the videos on Instagram and YouTube (Screenshot from KCC's official YouTube channel)

Among the online events, the K-quiz is especially popular. The questions vary from general knowledge about Korea to Hallyu under a creative and fun way to introduce Korean culture through an online platform. One of the KCC's Instagram followers also left a compliment saying, "The KCCI is so creative. I like it!"

Surprisingly, the quiz was participated in not only by viewers in Jakarta but also in other cities across Indonesia. One participant who joined the live video was an Indonesian studying in the Korean city of Daejeon.

The KCC in Indonesia's Instagram followers gave positive feedback to the center's interactive online event content. (Screenshot from KCC Indonesia's official Instagram account)

Three Honorary Reporters from Indonesia were also invited to join the KCC's Instagram-live talk on March 24. Stephanie Pradnyaparamita, Thariq Hafidz Nabil Al Farouqi and Theresia Kurniawan shared their experience as reporters, tips for new reporters and answered questions on the Instagram live chat.

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