Noticiero El Salvador (薩爾瓦多新聞) is the flagship news program of the state-owned television network Canal 10, which officially debuted its current format on October 5, 2020. Operated under the Secretariat of Communications of the Presidency, Canal 10 serves as the primary broadcast vehicle for government narratives, maintaining complete editorial alignment with executive policy.
Diario El Salvador (薩爾瓦多日報) is a state-owned morning newspaper launched on October 19, 2020, under the administration of President Nayib Bukele.It is operated by El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V., a company owned by subsidiaries of the state electricity commission, Rio Lempa Executive Hydroelectric Commission (CEL).The outlet was established to provide a government-aligned alternative to traditional private media, with a significant portion of its revenue derived from state advertising and public sector subscriptions. It maintains a formal cooperation with China’s Xinhua News Agency, frequently co-publishing content that highlights bilateral infrastructure projects and diplomatic milestones.
Founded on November 4, 1964 as an educational television initiative under the Ministry of Education, Canal 10 (第十頻道) is El Salvador’s only state-owned television channel. Following President Nayib Bukele’s assumption of office in 2019, the station was placed under the Secretariat of Communications of the Presidency, shifting its primary function from educational content to serving as the government’s main television platform. Operating within the Sistema Nacional de Medios Públicos (SINAMP), it produces “Noticias de El Salvador,” its flagship news program launched in September 2020. Canal 10 pioneered El Salvador’s transition to digital broadcasting on December 21, 2018, and currently maintains national reach via digital terrestrial television.
El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V. (國家日報股份有限公司) is a Salvadoran commercial corporation established on March 3, 2020, to serve as the legal and administrative vehicle for the state-run newspaper, Diario El Salvador. The company was incorporated by subsidiaries of the Rio Lempa Executive Hydroelectric Commission (CEL), specifically Perforadora Santa Bárbara (99 percent shareholder) and the Compañía de Luz Eléctrica de Ahuachapán (1 percent shareholder). By utilizing a private corporate structure under the umbrella of state-owned energy entities, the firm operates with the commercial flexibility of a private business while being sustained by public resources and government advertising contracts. It is headquartered within the CEL facilities in San Salvador and serves as the primary entity for formalizing international media partnerships, including content-sharing frameworks with the PRC’s Xinhua News Agency.
Khovar News Agency, officially known as the National Information Agency of Tajikistan, was established on December 31, 1925, during the period of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The agency functions as Tajikistan’s state news agency, publishing content in Tajik, Russian, English, Arabic, and Persian languages. On April 30, 2004, a governmental decree designated Khovar as the central state information body with official authorization to collect and distribute information about the president, Supreme Assembly, and government activities. The agency also operates Radio Khovar FM, which started broadcasting in 2011.
Andina, formerly known as the Agencia Peruana de Noticias Andina, is Peru’s official state-owned news agency. Founded on June 12, 1981, it operates under the state publishing group Editora Perú. The agency covers politics, economics, culture, sports, and technology, and reports that it distributes an average of close to 100 news dispatches daily to radio stations, national and regional newspapers, as well as to international wire services. Andina maintains a network of regional correspondents across Peru’s provinces. It also offers an English-language website.
Editora Perú is a state-owned Peruvian publishing enterprise established on February 12, 1976, under Decree Law No. 21420, and reconstituted as a private-law state corporation on June 12, 1981. The company is responsible for the dissemination of legal and official information, news processing and distribution, and publishing activities linked to education and culture. It operates the official gazette El Peruano; the state news agency Andina; and SEGRAF, a printing services unit producing books, magazines, legal texts, and other graphic materials.
Established in 1928, Radio Television Hong Kong (香港電台) is the territory’s public broadcasting service. Operating as a government department under the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, RTHK is to provide, according to its charter, programming that serves to “inform, educate and entertain.” However, the broadcaster has undergone a significant structural shift since 2021. Following government reviews citing management failures, career civil servants replaced professional journalists in leadership. Today, RTHK prioritizes “patriotism” and strategic partnerships with mainland entities, shifting its focus from an independent “open platform for free exchange” toward effectively “telling China’s story” to support official HKSAR government policy objectives.
Lao News Agency, known as “Khaosan Pathet Lao” , the official news agency of Laos, was established on 6 January 1968 in Viengsay, northern Houaphanh province, by the Neo Lao Haksat (Lao Patriotic Front). Initially staffed with only a dozen reporters and technicians, the agency served as a news provider for Pathet Lao radio and the Lao Haksat newspaper during the revolutionary period. KPL became the official national news agency after the Pathet Lao established the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 2 December 1975. Operating primarily in Lao, English, and French, with headquarters in Vientiane, the state-owned organization maintains provincial branches nationwide and serves as the primary information source for domestic media outlets. The agency describes itself as dependent on government funding and operates within Laos’s single-party system under the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party.