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] 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.[5]
The Photographer Mohammed Sobh working for Kabar was killed in the airstrike in Rimal district at the Gaza war[6]
Kabar is a member of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).[7][8]
References
- Kabar National News Agency PreventionWeb, 2015-07-10, retrieved 2025-12-05^
- Kyrgyzstan News Sites World Newspapers, retrieved 24 January 2014^
- Laurence Mitchell. Kyrgyzstan: The Bradt Travel Guide Bradt Travel Guides, 2008^
- Kyrgyz President Replaces State News Chief After Journalists Strike Radio Free Europe, 10 February 2011, retrieved 14 October 2020^
- Trend News Agency, Kabar Kyrgyz Agency sign partnership agreement Trend, 8 November 2013^
- Kathy Jones. Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict Committee to Protect Journalists, 2023-10-15, retrieved 2023-10-15^
- K. M. Shrivastava. News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2007^
- Kyrgyz National News^