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Entity Type: Domestic Non-Chinese Language Media

Kumparan

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Kumparan is a digital news platform that launched in January 2017, founded by media executive Hugo Diba. The Jakarta-based platform combines traditional journalism covering politics, economy, and business with social media features, including user feeds, allowing ordinary users to create and publish content alongside professional journalists, and personalized content recommendations. According to Chief Marketing Officer Andrias Ekoyuono, Kumparan aims to “redefine Indonesian media” as the country’s first hybrid online news site. The platform received funding from GDP Venture, the investment arm of Djarum Group, a major Indonesian conglomerate founded by the Hartono family in July 2017, before it acquired majority control in 2024.

PT Media Nusantara Citra

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PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk is an Indonesian media conglomerate founded in June 1997 that operates four major free-to-air television stations: RCTI, MNCTV, GTV, and iNews. The company, which went public on the Indonesia Stock Exchange on June 22, 2007, claims that it produces more than 20,000 hours of content annually, including drama series, animation, and entertainment programming. PT Media Nusantara Citra operates digital streaming platforms RCTI+ and Vision+, and manages news portals such as iNews, SindoNews, and Okezone.

National Broadcasting Services of Thailand

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The National Broadcasting Service of Thailand (NBT) began operations in 1988 under the supervision of Thailand’s Prime Minister’s Office. As the country’s official state broadcasting arm, NBT operates comprehensive multimedia platforms including television networks, Radio Thailand with 145 frequencies and a world service in eight foreign languages, and NBT World, an English-language service for international audiences. 

Die Welt

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Die Welt is a German national daily broadsheet established in 1946 in Hamburg by the British occupying forces. It is published today by Axel Springer, the multinational mass and online media company based in Berlin. The publication covers domestic and international news, politics, business, culture, and opinion journalism. It describes its editorial stance as “liberal cosmopolitan,” though it is viewed by many as conservative. Its main editorial office operates from Berlin, with daily regional editions appearing in Berlin and Hamburg. As a founding member of the European Dailies Alliance, Die Welt collaborates with major international media including The Daily Telegraph, Le Figaro, and ABC.

Corriere della Sera

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Il Corriere della Sera was founded on March 5, 1876, by journalist Eugenio Torelli Viollier in Milan. The Milan-based daily covers politics, economics, world news, culture, sports, and entertainment. Since 1974, Corriere has been owned by RCS MediaGroup, a publicly traded multimedia publishing company. According to its mission statement, the newspaper aims to be “responsible, impartial, complete, accurate and understandable information” and be “free from any political and economic conditioning.”

Thai Rath

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Thai Rath, Thailand’s largest-circulation newspaper, was founded on December 25, 1962, by Kampol Wacharapol, though its origins trace to his earlier publications. Wacharapol first launched the weekly Khaw Phaph (Photo News) on January 9, 1950, which became a daily in 1952 before being shut down by the military government in 1958. He then operated Siang Ang Thong from May 1959 until launching Thai Rath proper. The newspaper claims a circulation exceeding one million copies daily and maintains its position as Thailand’s best-selling Thai-language publication with a reported 46% share of online news consumption. UNESCO recognized Kampol Wacharapol in 2017 as “a person of global significance in media and education.” The company expanded into digital media with thairath.co.th and launched Thai Rath TV in 2014. The Wacharapol family continues to control the media empire through Wacharapol Co. Ltd, with operations spanning print, digital, television, and related businesses including cosmetics and logistics ventures launched in 2021.

The News Agency of the Slovak Republic

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The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky), also known as TASR, is Slovakia’s national public news agency, established in 2008 through Act No. 358/2008 of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. Operating independently without state subsidies, TASR provides news coverage across domestic, foreign, economic, and sports. The agency offers news services in multiple languages, including English and Hungarian. TASR is also a member of the European Alliance of Press Agencies (EANA). The agency is governed by a director-general who is voted into the post by a five-member administrative board.

Bakhtar News Agency

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Bakhtar News Agency (آژانس خبری باختر) is Afghanistan’s official state news agency, established in 1939 by the Government Press Department and headquartered in Kabul. The agency operates under the supervision of the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture and publishes content in eight languages: Dari, Pashto, English, Arabic, Russian, Urdu, Uzbek, and Chinese, with its English-language service launched in 1992 to serve foreign diplomats and international audiences. Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, Bakhtar has become a key component of the regime’s media infrastructure, with reports indicating the agency now functions as “a state propaganda outlet” under strict editorial oversight. The agency operates with approximately 175 staff including 90 journalists across all 33 provinces, producing around 200 news reports daily while serving as the primary news source for all governmental media outlets. In 2002, Agence France-Presse established a satellite link to provide news information to Bakhtar.