The Times of Indonesia was a daily English newspaper published in Jakarta, Indonesia.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 daily newspaper in Indonesia. The founding editor was Mochtar Lubis, who was also the editor of at the time.Hill, David T. The Press in New Order Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox Publ, 1994. p. 129 Mochtar Lubis had close links to the army leadership.Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 263 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.Hill, David T. The Press in New Order Indonesia. An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox Publ, 1994. p. 28
In the aftermath of the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia revolt, the publishing license of "The Times of Indonesia" was revoked on October 31, 1960.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 Times of Indonesia later switched to Indonesian Times in the later years in actual Indonesian language.
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