Families have gathered outside Insein prison in Yangon ahead of the announcement that Myanmar’s junta will release 700 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi’s government. (Photo: AFP/File/STRINGER)
Myanmar’s military said Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser, in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta. The Southeast Asian country has been…
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