Giving Meaning to Change
Kompas will be 55 years old on June 28. Toward the age of 55, Kompas has been getting along with its loyal readers through various major and crucial events in the country and the world.
Menara Kompas Building on April 26, 2018.
For the Kompas daily, the year 2020 is an important milestone. Kompas will be 55 years old on June 28. This age may not be significant compared with other media in the world, but toward the age of 55, Kompas has been getting along with its loyal readers through various major and crucial events in the country and the world.
When it was published by the name of Kompas, as given by President Sukarno, Kompas founders Jakob Oetama and the late PK Ojong determined that “a newspaper should be autonomous, dictated and directed by nobody other than its own editors. Nor should it be directed by the group or institution publishing it”. The statement was made in its Editorial, 28 June 1975, commemorating the 10th anniversary of Kompas.