Balai Pustaka
| Company type | Subsidiary of a state-owned enterprise |
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| Industry | Publishing, Security Printing, Multimedia |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| Owner | Danareksa (Danantara Asset Management) |
| Website | www |
Balai Pustaka (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˌbalai̯ pʊsˈt̪aka]; Balai Poestaka in van Ophuijsen orthography, both meaning "Bureau of Literature") is the state-owned publisher of Indonesia and publisher of major pieces of Indonesian literature such as Salah Asuhan, Sitti Nurbaya and Layar Terkembang. Its head office is in Jakarta.
Founded in 1917 as the Kantoor voor de Volkslectuur, Balai Pustaka was used by the Dutch colonial government as a means to control native Indonesians' access to information. After changing hands twice during the Indonesian war of independence, Balai Pustaka formally fell under the ownership of the Indonesian government.