Kabar (news agency)

Official news agency of Kyrgyzstan

КабарAgency overview

Jurisdiction| Government of Kyrgyzstan
Headquarters| Bishkek
Agency executives|

* Kubanichbek Tabaldiyev, Director General
* Kuban Abdymen, Director

Website| Kabar

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.

## History and profile

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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[update] 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

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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. ^ a b c d e f "Trend News Agency, Kabar Kyrgyz Agency sign partnership agreement". Trend. 8 November 2013.
4. ^ a b c "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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