Indonesia has hosted the games 4 times. They first competed in 1977 debuting with the Philippines and Brunei. Indonesia bid and hosted the 1979 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. They hosted again after 9 years in 1987, they hosted again after 10 years in 1997, and hosted their recent games in 2011 after 14 years in Jakarta and Palembang. Indonesia then hosted the 2018 Asian Games after 7 years of hosting the Southeast Asian Games. Indonesia hosted the Asian Games once before in 1962 in Jakarta.