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National Research Council of Thailand

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The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), was established in 1956, with its administrative functions institutionalized in 1959 through the National Research Council Act. Originally functioning as a government organization equivalent to a department under the Prime Minister’s direct command, NRCT served as the main national agency responsible for research policy and promotion across natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Following Thailand’s research system reform, NRCT was transformed on May 2, 2019 into the primary national funding agency under the newly established Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESRI). The organization now operates as the central body for research funding, national research standards, and knowledge transfer, with headquarters located at 196 Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok.

Propaganda Office of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the CCP

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The Propaganda Office of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中共湖南省委宣傳部) serves as the chief office responsible for communicating the agendas of the provincial party leadership and overseeing state-run media in Hunan Province, including the mouthpiece newspaper Hunan Daily (湖南日報). It coordinates party ideological work throughout the province while simultaneously operating under multiple official names, allowing it to exercise comprehensive control over news, publishing, and cultural production. The department functions as the central enforcer of the party’s media discipline, ensuring all local outlets maintain proper political orientation in line with central and provincial-level directives.

Propaganda Office of the Wenzhou Committee of the CCP

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The Propaganda Office of the Wenzhou Municipal Committee is the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda office for Wenzhou city in Zhejiang province. It is responsible for overall control of media and information in the city, and directly oversees leading CCP-controlled media outlets, including Wenzhou Daily (溫州日報).

ATN

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ATN Bangla is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite television channel that launched on 15 July 1997, making it Bangladesh’s first privately-owned television channel and the first to broadcast via satellite. Founded by Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman, the channel is owned by Multimedia Production Company and broadcasts from Dhaka’s Kawran Bazar neighborhood. ATN Bangla became the first Bengali-language television channel in the world to broadcast worldwide. The channel gained international recognition when it won the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award at the 32nd International Emmy Awards on 22 November 2004 for its documentary “Amrao Pari” (We Too Can), which was shot and directed by eighteen Bangladeshi teenagers and focused on the story of Abul Khaer, a 9-year-old boy who stopped a passenger train from approaching a disjointed rail track.

All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company

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The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (全俄国家电视广播公司), or VGTRK, is Russia’s largest state-owned media corporation, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Moscow. The broadcaster operates five national television channels, including Rossiya 1 and the 24-hour news channel Rossiya 24, along with six radio stations and 89 regional networks broadcasting in 54 languages across Russia. VGTRK also runs the international channel RTR Planeta, which reaches audiences in the United States, Europe, and China. During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the broadcaster has been accused of spreading propaganda and disinformation. Unlike RT, VGTRK primarily targets domestic Russian audiences. The European Union sanctioned the company in July 2022, and YouTube blocked its channels in 2022 and 2024.

Russian Embassy in China

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The Russian Embassy in China (俄羅斯駐華大使館) is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation in Beijing, representing Russian interests and maintaining bilateral relations between Russia and China. The embassy facilitates political dialogue, consular services, trade relations, and cultural exchanges between the two nations. Russia maintains additional consulates general in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, and Hong Kong to serve its citizens and promote cooperation across multiple regions of China. The embassy plays a central role in coordinating high-level visits, implementing bilateral agreements, and supporting various cooperation mechanisms between Moscow and Beijing. It also provides visa services, assists Russian citizens abroad, and promotes Russian culture and education in China through various programs and initiatives.

Sky News

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Sky News is a British television news channel that began broadcasting on February 5, 1989. The network operates as an editorially independent division of Sky UK, whose parent company is Comcast NBCUniversal. Sky News provides 24-hour news coverage across television, digital platforms, and radio, reporting on UK and international stories with correspondents stationed around the world.

Al Arabiya

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Al Arabiya (العربية) is a state-owned international Arabic-language television news channel launched on March 3, 2003, in Saudi Arabia, with initial operations based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Founded by the brother-in-law of Saudi King Fahd as a direct response to Al Jazeera’s critical reporting on Saudi Arabia throughout the 1990s, the broadcaster is owned through the Middle East Broadcasting Center, also known as the MBC Group. While MBC Group has identified itself as “the largest and leading private multimedia company in the Middle East North Africa region,” it is 54 percent held by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The channel’s mission from its start was to offer a “balanced and less provocative” alternative to Al Jazeera — meaning more amenable to the interests of the Saudi royal family. Al Arabiya broadcasts a mix of standard news, talk shows, and documentaries, and its website is available in Arabic, English, Urdu, and Persian.

Egmont Group

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Founded in 1878 by Egmont Harald Petersen, Egmont is a Nordic media group that began as a printing business in Copenhagen. It operates more than 50 different businesses spanning television, film, publishing, gaming, and digital platforms. In 2012, Egmont acquired full ownership of TV 2 Direkte, having co-founded the broadcaster in 1991.