Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies

The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) is an association of news agencies from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) member states in the Asia-Pacific region. It was previously known as the Organisation of Asian News Agencies.

It was formed in 1961 on UNESCO’s initiative. It provides a news wire service containing articles donated by its members.

Members

The members of OANA are:

Name	Country
Asian National News .com	Bangladesh
Bakhtar News Agency	Afghanistan
Australian Associated Press	Australia
Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency	Azerbaijan
Trend News Agency	Azerbaijan
Bahrain News Agency	Bahrain
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha	Bangladesh
United News of Bangladesh	Bangladesh
Agence Khmer de Presse	Cambodia
Xinhua News Agency	China
Korean Central News Agency	North Korea
Emirates News Agency	Emirates
Press Trust of India	India
Varzesh3 News Agency	Iran
Asian News International	India
Antara	Indonesia
Islamic Republic News Agency	Iran
Mehr News Agency	Iran
Fars News Agency	Iran
National Iraqi News Agency	Iraq
Jiji Press	Japan
Kyodo News	Japan
Kazinform	Kazakhstan
Khabar Agency	Kazakhstan
Kuwait News Agency	Kuwait
Kabar	Kyrgyzstan
Lao News Agency	Laos
Bernama	Malaysia
Montsame News Agency	Mongolia
Rastriya Samachar Samati	Nepal
Oman News Agency	Oman
Pakistan Press International	Pakistan
Associated Press of Pakistan	Pakistan
Philippines News Agency	Philippines
Qatar News Agency	Qatar
Yonhap News Agency	South Korea
ITAR-TASS News Agency	Russia
Russian Information Agency	Russia
Saudi Press Agency	Saudi Arabia
Lankapuvath	Sri Lanka
Syrian Arab News Agency	Syria
Thai News Agency	Thailand
Anadolu News Agency	Turkey
Vietnam News Agency	Vietnam
Yemen News Agency	Yemen

See also

• Asia-Pacific
• Journalism

External links

• Official website