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Jurisdiction | Government of Kyrgyzstan |
Headquarters | Bishkek |
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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.
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]