Kabar, officially Kyrgyz National News Agency 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. It became a state-run news agency and was renamed as KyrgyzKabar in 1992. Three years later it was named the Kyrgyz National Agency for Telecommunications and Information Administration Kabar. In 2001, it was renamed as the Kyrgyz National News Agency Kabar.
Kabar is headquartered in Bishkek. As of 2013 the director general of the agency was Kubanichbek Tabaldiyev. Kuban Abdymen was appointed director in February 2011,[4] succeeding Jyrgalbek Turdukojoev.[4]