Burmese Cowboy: The Shwe Tun Aung Story | Texas Labor News<\/title>\n \n <script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tailwindcss.com\"><\/script>\n \n <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n <link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Lora:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,700&family=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n \n <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/font-awesome\/6.4.0\/css\/all.min.css\">\n \n <script>\n tailwind.config = {\n theme: {\n extend: {\n fontFamily: {\n serif: ['Lora', 'serif'],\n sans: ['\"Plus Jakarta Sans\"', 'sans-serif'],\n },\n colors: {\n brand: {\n navy: '#0c1b33',\n accent: '#b22222', \/\/ Deep red\n gold: '#d4af37', \/\/ Gold\n cream: '#faf6f0', \/\/ Newspaper warm background\n stone: '#1e293b'\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n <\/script>\n<\/head>\n<body class=\"bg-brand-cream text-slate-900 font-serif antialiased selection:bg-brand-accent\/20 selection:text-brand-accent\">\n\n \n <main class=\"max-w-4xl mx-auto px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8 py-12 lg:py-20\">\n \n \n <div class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 font-sans text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-brand-accent mb-6\">\n <span>Texas AFL-CIO Spotlight<\/span>\n <span class=\"text-slate-300\">\u2022<\/span>\n <span>AAPI Heritage Month<\/span>\n <span class=\"text-slate-300\">\u2022<\/span>\n <span class=\"text-slate-500 font-medium normal-case\">May 2026<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <header class=\"mb-10\">\n <h1 class=\"font-sans font-extrabold text-4xl sm:text-5xl lg:text-6xl text-brand-navy leading-tight tracking-tight mb-6\">\n Burmese Cowboy: How Shwe Aung Defies Borders to Guard the Texas Gulf Coast\n <\/h1>\n <p class=\"text-xl sm:text-2xl text-slate-600 font-light leading-relaxed font-serif italic border-l-4 border-brand-accent pl-4\">\n Faced with global blacklists, imprisonment, and exile, the Burmese organizer found political asylum in America\u2014only to take his fight straight back to the ocean terminals of Texas.\n <\/p>\n \n \n <div class=\"mt-8 pt-6 border-t border-slate-200 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4 font-sans text-xs text-slate-500\">\n <div class=\"flex items-center gap-3\">\n <div class=\"w-10 h-10 rounded-full bg-brand-navy text-white flex items-center justify-center font-bold\">\n TX\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <p class=\"font-bold text-slate-800 text-sm\">Texas Labor News Bureau<\/p>\n <p>Special Editorial Feature<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n <button onclick=\"window.print()\" class=\"p-2 hover:bg-slate-200 rounded-full transition-colors text-slate-700\" title=\"Print Article\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-print\"><\/i>\n <\/button>\n <button onclick=\"navigator.clipboard.writeText(window.location.href); alert('Article link copied to clipboard!');\" class=\"p-2 hover:bg-slate-200 rounded-full transition-colors text-slate-700\" title=\"Copy Link\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-share-nodes\"><\/i>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/header>\n\n \n <figure class=\"mb-12\">\n <div class=\"rounded-2xl overflow-hidden bg-slate-100 shadow-xl border border-slate-200\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" \n src=\"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/699467701_1422991349864845_3643408189031783313_n.jpg\" \n alt=\"AAPI Heritage Month Shwe Aung Poster by Texas AFL-CIO\" \n class=\"w-full h-auto object-cover max-h-[800px]\"\n onerror=\"this.style.display='none'; document.getElementById('img-fallback').classList.remove('hidden');\"\n \/>\n \n \n <div id=\"img-fallback\" class=\"hidden p-8 bg-brand-navy text-slate-200 text-center space-y-4\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-shield-halved text-5xl text-brand-gold\"><\/i>\n <h3 class=\"font-sans font-bold text-xl text-white\">Texas AFL-CIO Tribute Card<\/h3>\n <p class=\"max-w-md mx-auto text-sm text-slate-300\">\n Honoring Shwe Aung: Seafarers (SIU) member, Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board member, and ITF Inspector protecting maritime workers on the Texas Gulf Coast.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"font-sans text-xs text-slate-500 mt-3 flex items-start gap-2\">\n <span class=\"font-bold text-brand-accent\">PHOTO:<\/span> \n <span>Official Texas AFL-CIO commemorative poster celebrating AAPI Heritage Month and the journey of Shwe Aung.<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n \n <article class=\"prose prose-slate prose-lg max-w-none text-slate-800 leading-relaxed font-serif space-y-8\">\n \n <p class=\"text-xl leading-relaxed first-letter:text-6xl first-letter:font-sans first-letter:font-extrabold first-letter:text-brand-accent first-letter:mr-3 first-letter:float-left\">\n The massive container ships that line the horizon of the Texas Gulf Coast carry ninety percent of global trade, but they also mask one of the world's most vulnerable labor forces. Underneath the flag-of-convenience registrations of multinational conglomerates, merchant mariners operate in profound isolation. For years, one man has dedicated his life to penetrating that silence.\n <\/p>\n\n <p>\n His name is <strong>Shwe Aung<\/strong>, a veteran union activist whose unyielding pursuit of maritime justice is now immortalized in the documentary, <em>\"Burmese Cowboy: The Shwe Tun Aung Story\"<\/em>. \n <\/p>\n\n \n <aside class=\"my-10 p-6 sm:p-8 bg-brand-navy text-slate-100 rounded-2xl border border-brand-gold\/20 font-sans shadow-md\">\n <h3 class=\"text-brand-gold font-bold tracking-wider text-xs uppercase mb-4 flex items-center gap-2\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-id-card\"><\/i> Profile: Leader Dossier\n <\/h3>\n <ul class=\"space-y-4 text-sm sm:text-base\">\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\u2693<\/span>\n <span><strong>Union Roles:<\/strong> Proud Seafarers International Union (SIU) member & Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board member.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\ud83c\udf0d<\/span>\n <span><strong>Global Roots:<\/strong> Began his activist career organizing Burmese seafarers, recovering stolen wages from predatory shipping lines.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<\/span>\n <span><strong>Price of Resistance:<\/strong> Suffered brutal political retaliation, global employer blacklisting, and imminent threats of detention by military regimes before securing asylum in the United States.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\ud83e\udd85<\/span>\n <span><strong>Current Jurisdiction:<\/strong> Serves as an accredited International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Inspector, defending international crew members across all Texas deepwater hubs.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/aside>\n\n <h2 class=\"font-sans font-extrabold text-2xl sm:text-3xl text-brand-navy tracking-tight pt-4\">\n The Underground Crucible\n <\/h2>\n <p>\n Early in his maritime career, Shwe Aung observed firsthand how systemic wage-theft flourished in deep international waters. Shipowners routinely double-booked crew logbooks, paying Burmese workers fractions of the legal minimums promised on paper. Standing up for these workers meant putting his life on the line.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Working alongside the International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF), Shwe Aung coordinated a network of underground resistance, helping to recover millions of dollars in stolen back-wages. The shipping cartels responded with swift, authoritarian violence. Aung was blacklisted across global ports and faced detention and severe imprisonment if he remained in Burma.\n <\/p>\n\n <blockquote class=\"my-8 pl-6 border-l-4 border-brand-accent italic text-lg sm:text-xl text-slate-700 bg-slate-100\/50 py-4 pr-4 rounded-r-lg\">\n \"They sought to make an example out of me so other seafarers would accept starvation wages. But solidarity isn't something you can easily switch off once it's inside your blood.\"\n <\/blockquote>\n\n <h2 class=\"font-sans font-extrabold text-2xl sm:text-3xl text-brand-navy tracking-tight pt-4\">\n A New Shield on the Texas Gulf\n <\/h2>\n <p>\n After being granted asylum in the United States, Shwe Aung transitioned his defense work into a new harbor. Armed with rigorous safety and legal training, he qualified as an official ITF inspector representing the <strong>Seafarers International Union (SIU)<\/strong>. \n <\/p>\n <p>\n Today, his daily battlefield spans the docks of Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi. Aung steps aboard high-tonnage cargo freighters to verify that international treaties, crew safety protections, and fair wage rules are met. Whether auditing onboard galley provisions in scorching summer heat or filing federal complaints against corrupt captains, he ensures that foreign-born crews never have to stand alone on American soil.\n <\/p>\n\n <h2 class=\"font-sans font-extrabold text-2xl sm:text-3xl text-brand-navy tracking-tight pt-4\">\n Why AAPI Heritage Month Remembers the Fight\n <\/h2>\n <p>\n During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Shwe Aung\u2019s story is a vivid reminder that labor rights are deeply intertwined with the immigrant experience. From Filipino farmworkers to Asian maritime engineers, the backbone of American logistics relies on international diversity. \n <\/p>\n <p>\n As a Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board member, Shwe Aung brings this voice directly to the state's highest policy debates, advocating for inclusive union pipelines and unyielding community support. This month, and every month, we stand in absolute gratitude for his unwavering vigilance.\n <\/p>\n\n <\/article>\n\n <\/main>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burmese Cowboy: The Shwe Tun Aung Story | Texas Labor News Texas AFL-CIO Spotlight \u2022 AAPI Heritage Month \u2022 May 2026 Burmese Cowboy: How Shwe Aung Defies Borders to Guard the Texas Gulf Coast Faced with global blacklists, imprisonment, and exile, the Burmese organizer found political asylum in America\u2014only to take his fight straight back…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2880"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2885,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n \n \n Burmese Cowboy: The Shwe Tun Aung Story | Texas Labor News<\/title>\n \n <script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tailwindcss.com\"><\/script>\n \n <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n <link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Lora:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,700&family=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@300;400;500;600;700;800&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n \n <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/font-awesome\/6.4.0\/css\/all.min.css\">\n \n <script>\n tailwind.config = {\n theme: {\n extend: {\n fontFamily: {\n serif: ['Lora', 'serif'],\n sans: ['\"Plus Jakarta Sans\"', 'sans-serif'],\n },\n colors: {\n brand: {\n navy: '#0c1b33',\n accent: '#b22222', \/\/ Deep red\n gold: '#d4af37', \/\/ Gold\n cream: '#faf6f0', \/\/ Newspaper warm background\n stone: '#1e293b'\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n <\/script>\n<\/head>\n<body class=\"bg-brand-cream text-slate-900 font-serif antialiased selection:bg-brand-accent\/20 selection:text-brand-accent\">\n\n \n <main class=\"max-w-4xl mx-auto px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8 py-12 lg:py-20\">\n \n \n <div class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 font-sans text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-brand-accent mb-6\">\n <span>Texas AFL-CIO Spotlight<\/span>\n <span class=\"text-slate-300\">\u2022<\/span>\n <span>AAPI Heritage Month<\/span>\n <span class=\"text-slate-300\">\u2022<\/span>\n <span class=\"text-slate-500 font-medium normal-case\">May 2026<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <header class=\"mb-10\">\n <h1 class=\"font-sans font-extrabold text-4xl sm:text-5xl lg:text-6xl text-brand-navy leading-tight tracking-tight mb-6\">\n Burmese Cowboy: How Shwe Aung Defies Borders to Guard the Texas Gulf Coast\n <\/h1>\n <p class=\"text-xl sm:text-2xl text-slate-600 font-light leading-relaxed font-serif italic border-l-4 border-brand-accent pl-4\">\n Faced with global blacklists, imprisonment, and exile, the Burmese organizer found political asylum in America\u2014only to take his fight straight back to the ocean terminals of Texas.\n <\/p>\n \n \n <div class=\"mt-8 pt-6 border-t border-slate-200 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4 font-sans text-xs text-slate-500\">\n <div class=\"flex items-center gap-3\">\n <div class=\"w-10 h-10 rounded-full bg-brand-navy text-white flex items-center justify-center font-bold\">\n TX\n <\/div>\n <div>\n <p class=\"font-bold text-slate-800 text-sm\">Texas Labor News Bureau<\/p>\n <p>Special Editorial Feature<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2\">\n <button onclick=\"window.print()\" class=\"p-2 hover:bg-slate-200 rounded-full transition-colors text-slate-700\" title=\"Print Article\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-print\"><\/i>\n <\/button>\n <button onclick=\"navigator.clipboard.writeText(window.location.href); alert('Article link copied to clipboard!');\" class=\"p-2 hover:bg-slate-200 rounded-full transition-colors text-slate-700\" title=\"Copy Link\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-share-nodes\"><\/i>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/header>\n\n \n <figure class=\"mb-12\">\n <div class=\"rounded-2xl overflow-hidden bg-slate-100 shadow-xl border border-slate-200\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" \n src=\"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/699467701_1422991349864845_3643408189031783313_n.jpg\" \n alt=\"AAPI Heritage Month Shwe Aung Poster by Texas AFL-CIO\" \n class=\"w-full h-auto object-cover max-h-[800px]\"\n onerror=\"this.style.display='none'; document.getElementById('img-fallback').classList.remove('hidden');\"\n \/>\n \n \n <div id=\"img-fallback\" class=\"hidden p-8 bg-brand-navy text-slate-200 text-center space-y-4\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-shield-halved text-5xl text-brand-gold\"><\/i>\n <h3 class=\"font-sans font-bold text-xl text-white\">Texas AFL-CIO Tribute Card<\/h3>\n <p class=\"max-w-md mx-auto text-sm text-slate-300\">\n Honoring Shwe Aung: Seafarers (SIU) member, Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board member, and ITF Inspector protecting maritime workers on the Texas Gulf Coast.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"font-sans text-xs text-slate-500 mt-3 flex items-start gap-2\">\n <span class=\"font-bold text-brand-accent\">PHOTO:<\/span> \n <span>Official Texas AFL-CIO commemorative poster celebrating AAPI Heritage Month and the journey of Shwe Aung.<\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n \n <article class=\"prose prose-slate prose-lg max-w-none text-slate-800 leading-relaxed font-serif space-y-8\">\n \n <p class=\"text-xl leading-relaxed first-letter:text-6xl first-letter:font-sans first-letter:font-extrabold first-letter:text-brand-accent first-letter:mr-3 first-letter:float-left\">\n The massive container ships that line the horizon of the Texas Gulf Coast carry ninety percent of global trade, but they also mask one of the world's most vulnerable labor forces. Underneath the flag-of-convenience registrations of multinational conglomerates, merchant mariners operate in profound isolation. For years, one man has dedicated his life to penetrating that silence.\n <\/p>\n\n <p>\n His name is <strong>Shwe Aung<\/strong>, a veteran union activist whose unyielding pursuit of maritime justice is now immortalized in the documentary, <em>\"Burmese Cowboy: The Shwe Tun Aung Story\"<\/em>. \n <\/p>\n\n \n <aside class=\"my-10 p-6 sm:p-8 bg-brand-navy text-slate-100 rounded-2xl border border-brand-gold\/20 font-sans shadow-md\">\n <h3 class=\"text-brand-gold font-bold tracking-wider text-xs uppercase mb-4 flex items-center gap-2\">\n <i class=\"fa-solid fa-id-card\"><\/i> Profile: Leader Dossier\n <\/h3>\n <ul class=\"space-y-4 text-sm sm:text-base\">\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\u2693<\/span>\n <span><strong>Union Roles:<\/strong> Proud Seafarers International Union (SIU) member & Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board member.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\ud83c\udf0d<\/span>\n <span><strong>Global Roots:<\/strong> Began his activist career organizing Burmese seafarers, recovering stolen wages from predatory shipping lines.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<\/span>\n <span><strong>Price of Resistance:<\/strong> Suffered brutal political retaliation, global employer blacklisting, and imminent threats of detention by military regimes before securing asylum in the United States.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <li class=\"flex gap-3\">\n <span class=\"text-brand-gold text-lg\">\ud83e\udd85<\/span>\n <span><strong>Current Jurisdiction:<\/strong> Serves as an accredited International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Inspector, defending international crew members across all Texas deepwater hubs.<\/span>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/aside>\n\n <h2 class=\"font-sans font-extrabold text-2xl sm:text-3xl text-brand-navy tracking-tight pt-4\">\n The Underground Crucible\n <\/h2>\n <p>\n Early in his maritime career, Shwe Aung observed firsthand how systemic wage-theft flourished in deep international waters. Shipowners routinely double-booked crew logbooks, paying Burmese workers fractions of the legal minimums promised on paper. Standing up for these workers meant putting his life on the line.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Working alongside the International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF), Shwe Aung coordinated a network of underground resistance, helping to recover millions of dollars in stolen back-wages. The shipping cartels responded with swift, authoritarian violence. Aung was blacklisted across global ports and faced detention and severe imprisonment if he remained in Burma.\n <\/p>\n\n <blockquote class=\"my-8 pl-6 border-l-4 border-brand-accent italic text-lg sm:text-xl text-slate-700 bg-slate-100\/50 py-4 pr-4 rounded-r-lg\">\n \"They sought to make an example out of me so other seafarers would accept starvation wages. But solidarity isn't something you can easily switch off once it's inside your blood.\"\n <\/blockquote>\n\n <h2 class=\"font-sans font-extrabold text-2xl sm:text-3xl text-brand-navy tracking-tight pt-4\">\n A New Shield on the Texas Gulf\n <\/h2>\n <p>\n After being granted asylum in the United States, Shwe Aung transitioned his defense work into a new harbor. Armed with rigorous safety and legal training, he qualified as an official ITF inspector representing the <strong>Seafarers International Union (SIU)<\/strong>. \n <\/p>\n <p>\n Today, his daily battlefield spans the docks of Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi. Aung steps aboard high-tonnage cargo freighters to verify that international treaties, crew safety protections, and fair wage rules are met. 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This month, and every month, we stand in absolute gratitude for his unwavering vigilance.\n <\/p>\n\n <\/article>\n\n <\/main>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burmese Cowboy: The Shwe Tun Aung Story | Texas Labor News Texas AFL-CIO Spotlight \u2022 AAPI Heritage Month \u2022 May 2026 Burmese Cowboy: How Shwe Aung Defies Borders to Guard the Texas Gulf Coast Faced with global blacklists, imprisonment, and exile, the Burmese organizer found political asylum in America\u2014only to take his fight straight back…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2880"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2885,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifoms.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}