1.0Myanmar News Gazettehttps://myanmarnewsgazette.comweb Deskhttps://myanmarnewsgazette.com/author/webdesk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DasNOxknab"><a href="https://myanmarnewsgazette.com/myanmar-junta-releases-prisoners-after-international-pressure-ahead-of-2023-elections/">Myanmar Junta Releases Prisoners After International Pressure, Ahead of 2023 Elections</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://myanmarnewsgazette.com/myanmar-junta-releases-prisoners-after-international-pressure-ahead-of-2023-elections/embed/#?secret=DasNOxknab" width="600" height="338" title="“Myanmar Junta Releases Prisoners After International Pressure, Ahead of 2023 Elections” — Myanmar News Gazette" data-secret="DasNOxknab" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> BANGKOK  — Myanmar’s junta Thursday released thousands of prisoners, including four foreigners as part of efforts to appease the outside world, experts and commentators say. Former British Ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman, Australian economic adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi Sean Turnell, U.S citizen Kyaw Htay Oo, and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota are included in a ... Read more