Kim will join the colourful Shingo Katayama of Japan, who has won 26 tournaments in his homeland as well as former Asian number ones Liang Wenchong of China and Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant.
Australia’s Terry Pilkadaris is another player hoping to recreate his early season promise during the Indonesia Open.
Pilkadaris, ninth in the Luxehills Chengdu Open, knows the Pantai Indah Kapuk Course and says that straight hitting is a necessity.
"I have played the course before in 2008 and you need to drive the ball well and stay as cool as possible as it gets very hot over there," said the 36-year-old Pilkadaris, a three-time winner on the Asian circuit.
"In truth, my game has been patchy – driving the ball well one week and not so good the following week."
"But my putting has improved a lot – all the work with Dr Paul Hurrion and Shane Warde is starting to pay dividends, especially with the new GEL putter Shane has made up for me."
Pilkadaris will tee it up in Jakarta fresh from competing on the major stage at the US Open.
He qualified for the tournament at famed Pebble Beach and despite missing the cut hopes that the experience he picked up playing with the world's best over one of the most challenging courses in the game will help him on OneAsia during the rest of the season.
"I was very pleased to qualify for the US Open especially at Pebble Beach," he commented.
The Indonesia Open presented by Enjoy Jakarta will be the fifth leg of burgeoning OneAsia, which will stage 11 tournaments with a total of more than US$12 million in prize money this season.
The event will be showcased on OneAsia's television platform with live coverage for four hours a day across all four tournament days, and broadcast to over 260 million homes in more than 40 countries.
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