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Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies

Asia-Pacific region news agency umbrella organization

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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 Organization 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.

01Members

The following agencies are members of OANA.

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