Kabar (news agency)

Kabar, officially Kyrgyz National News Agency Kabar (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги «Кабар», romanized: Kyrgyz Uluttuk Maalymat Agenttigi "Kabar"; Russian: Кыргызское национальное информационное агентство «Кабар», romanized: Kyrgyzskoye natsionalnoye informatsionnoye agentstvo "Kabar"), is the official news agency of Kyrgyzstan[1][2] and the oldest news agency in the country.

Кабар
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Kyrgyzstan
HeadquartersBishkek
Agency executives
  • Kubanichbek Tabaldiyev, Director General
  • Kuban Abdymen, Director
WebsiteKabar

History and profile

The agency was launched in 1937 under the name of KyrTAG.[3] It became a state-run news agency and was renamed as KyrgyzKabar in 1992.[3] Three years later it was named the Kyrgyz National Agency for Telecommunications and Information Administration Kabar.[3] In 2001, it was renamed as the Kyrgyz National News Agency Kabar.[3]

Kabar is headquartered in Bishkek. As of 2013 the director general of the agency was Kubanichbek Tabaldiyev.[3] Kuban Abdymen was appointed director in February 2011,[4] succeeding Jyrgalbek Turdukojoev.[4] Kuban Abdymen was the director of the agence between 2000 and 2006.[4]

The agency signed a cooperation agreement with Trend International News Agency of Azerbaijan on 8 November 2013.[3]

The Photographer Mohammed Sobh working for Kabar was killed in the airstrike in Rimal district at the 2023 Israel Hamas war.[5]

Kabar is a member of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).[6][7]

References
  1. "Kyrgyzstan News Sites". World Newspapers. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. Laurence Mitchell (2008). Kyrgyzstan: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-84162-221-7.
  3. "Trend News Agency, Kabar Kyrgyz Agency sign partnership agreement". Trend. 8 November 2013.
  4. "Kyrgyz President Replaces State News Chief After Journalists Strike". Radio Free Europe. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  5. Jones, Kathy (15 October 2023). "Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. K. M. Shrivastava (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-932705-67-6.
  7. "Kyrgyz National News".
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