Khabar Agency (哈巴爾通訊社) is a state-owned media corporation in Kazakhstan, established on October 23, 1995, as the National Television News Agency — “Khabar” meaning “news” in Kazakh. It is wholly owned by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture and Information and operates as one of the country’s largest broadcasters, delivering programming in Kazakh, Russian, and English. The agency operates the flagship socio-political channel Khabar and the 24-hour news channel 24KZ. According to the State Media Monitor, Khabar Agency carries out the informational directives of the Kazakh government, and no domestic legal framework or independent oversight mechanism has been identified to safeguard its editorial autonomy. According to the agency’s own sales portal, it maintained 22 active memorandums of understanding with foreign companies as of 2026, including with entities in China and Macau, and described itself as “rightfully considered the leader of Kazakhstan’s media landscape.” In June 2026, the agency signed a memorandum of understanding with the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong (香港報業公會) and the Hong Kong News Executives’ Association (新職行政人員協會) during a visit to Astana by Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu.