Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait News Agency (Arabic وكالة الأنباء الكويتية, DMG Wakala al - Anba al - ʾ Kuwaitīya - short KUNA / كونا ) is a news agency in Kuwait. The main building is located in Schuwaich.

Already on November 15, 1978 news agency reported three hours a day in Arabic. At that time, more than 70 employees worked for them.

The official founding of KUNA goes back to the Amiri decree, which was adopted on 6 October 1979. The aim was to collect information and to distribute it to other media on.

Iraqi troops seized after the invasion in August 1990, all equipment and the archive. From London, the coverage started during the occupation of Kuwait on 13 October 1990. Overall, messages were transmitted from there 16,100. After the liberation of the country KUNA returned in November 1991 and organized themselves new to the end of 1992. On November 15, KUNA took an average of 40 messages per day their work again.

In 1999 it had 365 employees and processed 72,500 messages in English and Arabic.