Pram's cutting-edge Lentera

BINTANG Timoer might have been the most vocal media in support of Nasakom, President Sukarno's ideology of Nationalism (Nas), Religion (A) and Communism (Kom). The paper used a language more aggressive and vicious than even Harian Rakjat, the Indonesian Communist Party's (PKI) official paper.

In 1962 Lentera, a cultural section in Bintang Timoer, was launched with Pramoedya Ananta Toer as chief editor. It was dedicated to poetry, short stories, co

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