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Today's news: US military forces hit Houthi targets in Yemen; Health problems for the 79-year-old leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam; Netflix removed a film offensive to Hindus; In Papua New Guinea 14-day state of emergency announced, but calm has returned; In Kazakhstan, oil workers' strikes continued for a month.
Around three dozen people gathered in Almaty’s Republic Square on January 5 to mourn the victims of Qandy Qantar (Kazakh for ‘Bloody January’, the violent repression of countrywide protests in 2022). At least 238 people were killed in the clashes with the security forces. Their relatives held a banner with the names of the victims and asked for justice.
ALMATY. Dec 20 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) – The striking workers of private oil service company West Oil Software have refused to negotiate and now demand that they should be employed by National Company KazMunayGas (KMG), the administration of the Karakiyan district of the Mangistau region said in a press release.
Relatives of the hundreds of oil-industry workers waging a strike and camping outside company headquarters in a volatile western region of Kazakhstan gathered in front of the local mayor's office for a second day on December 16 to support the workers' plight.
Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria plan to sign a deal in January on a joint plan to clear mines floating in the Black Sea as a result of the war in Ukraine, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said on December 16, after months of talks between the NATO member nations.