Kabar (news agency)

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

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 and the oldest news agency in the country.[1][2][3]

History and profile

The agency was launched in 1937 under the name of KyrTAG.[4] In 1992 it became a state-run news agency and was renamed to KyrgyzKabar.[4] Three years later it was renamed to the Kyrgyz National Agency for Telecommunications and Information Administration Kabar.[4] In 2001, it was renamed to the Kyrgyz National News Agency Kabar.[4]

Kabar is headquartered in Bishkek. As of 2013, the director general of the agency is Kubanichbek Tabaldiyev.[4] Kuban Abdymen was appointed director in February 2011,[5] succeeding Jyrgalbek Turdukojoev.[5] Kuban Abdymen was the director of the agency between 2000 and 2006.[5]

The agency signed a cooperation agreement with Trend International News Agency of Azerbaijan on 8 November 2013.[4]

A photographer working for Kabar named Mohammed Sobh was killed in an airstrike in Rimal district during the Gaza war.[6]

Kabar is a member of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kabar National News Agency | PreventionWeb". PreventionWeb. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kyrgyzstan News Sites". World Newspapers. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Laurence Mitchell (2008). Kyrgyzstan: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-84162-221-7.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Trend News Agency, Kabar Kyrgyz Agency sign partnership agreement". Trend. 8 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Kyrgyz President Replaces State News Chief After Journalists Strike". Radio Free Europe. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Jones, Kathy (15 October 2023). "Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. ↑ K. M. Shrivastava (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-932705-67-6.
  8. ↑ "Kyrgyz National News".
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