Sun Online

One of the Maldives' most-read online news services, published from Male by the Sun Media Group. Sun Online reports in Dhivehi, with a companion English edition, covering politics, courts, tourism and atoll affairs. Operating since 2010, it competes with Mihaaru and Avas at the centre of the country's crowded digital news market.

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Sun Online at a glance

Country: Maldives
Region: South Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Sun Online

Crosswire groups Sun Online as Centrist for comparisons within the Maldives' directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Sun Online sits in the Maldives' press

Sun Online is one of 4 outlets tracked in the Maldives, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Avas. By outlets tracked, the Maldives ranks 27th of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 39 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Sun Online outside the Maldives, starting with South Asia, are Khabarhub (Nepal), Hasht-e Subh Daily (Afghanistan), Taiwan News (Taiwan) and Hong Kong Free Press (Hong Kong). Opening one of them beside Sun Online is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.