Pikiran Rakyat

Pikiran Rakyat (Indonesian: People's Thought) is a daily newspaper published in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

[7] Pikiran Rakyat was founded shortly after the end of the Indonesian war of independence against the Netherlands, and it quickly rose to prominence during the Liberal democracy period in Indonesia.

[11] In September 1954, the paper expressed support for Sutan Sjahrir, leader of the Indonesian Socialist Party, stating that he should lead the opposition to the government which had few worthy figures in it.

[12] They published an editorial soon after calling on president Sukarno to resign due to his marriages to multiple women in quick succession which they believed to be unlawful.

During his visit to the United Nations in September 1960 he preemptively seized the printing presses of Pikiran Rakyat as well as Abadi, Suara Rakjat, and other papers.

[17] In April 1973 the paper was restructured into an independent company once again under the name PT Pikiran Rakyat Bandung, acquired its own printing press and was able to greatly increase circulation[17] with Press Publishing Business License (Indonesian: Surat Izin Usaha Penerbitan Pers) for PT.