JCP Chair Shii proposed postponing the JCP 29th Congress which is scheduled to be held in January 2023 for one year in order to fully prepare the party to achieve a major advance in the nationwide simultaneous local elections to be held in April next year.
The 31st Convention of the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zeneoren) ended after adopting a two-year action program and a declaration on gender equality.
The executions of four political activists in Myanmar present a challenge to the international community calling for a halt to violent crackdowns by the Myanmar army.