The Times of Indonesia was a daily
English
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newspaper published in
Jakarta
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,
Indonesia
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.
[Hindley, Donald. ]
The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1963
'. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. p. xvii Founded in 1952, it was the first
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
daily newspaper in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. The founding editor was
Mochtar Lubis
Mochtar Lubis (; 7 March 1922 – 2 July 2004) was an Indonesian Batak journalist and novelist who co-founded ''Indonesia Raya'' and monthly literary magazine "Horison". His novel ''Senja di Jakarta'' (''Twilight in Jakarta'' in English) w ...
, who was also the editor of at the time.
[Hill, David T. ]
The Press in New Order Indonesia
'. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta .a. Equinox Publ, 1994. p. 129 Mochtar Lubis had close links to the army leadership. In 1953, Lubis stepped down from his position due to the stresses of his simultaneous editorship of .
Charles Tambu, from
Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), took over as managing editor of the newspaper.
In the aftermath of the
Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia
The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia
(PRRI)) was a revolutionary government set up in Sumatra to oppose the central government of Indonesia in 1958.
Although frequently referr ...
revolt, the publishing license of "The Times of Indonesia" was revoked on October 31, 1960. The publication of the newspaper was thus discontinued.
[Mrázek, Rudolf. ]
Sjahrir: Politics and Exile in Indonesia
'. Studies on Southeast Asia, 14. Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell Univ, 1994. p. 460
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