Para diplomacy through Sister City Cooperation: Efforts to Increase the Potential of the Agricultural Sector in Karawang District

International Relations Department, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: rizka.k.isip19@mail.umy.ac.id

Abstract

This research aims to increase the potential efforts of the agricultural sector in Karawang district by using the concept of sister city cooperation paradiplomacy as one of the local government’s innovation efforts in providing welfare and the economy of the community. In this globalization era, the actor of the international relation is not just a state, but there are a lot of another actor and one of them is the sub-state or the regional government. In Indonesia, the state gives regional government the opportunity to involved in the international cooperation. This study uses a qualitative method by interviewing trusted sources and also literature studies. Karawang as a city that has great potential in agriculture can increase this potential by implementing the sister city agreement. Then, Chilgok-gun in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea can become one of the best potential partners for Karawang in implementing Sister city in the agricultural sector.