Myanmar's small-scale oil prospectors are under fire from all sides as the resistance and the military battle to capture a cottage industry increasingly lucrative amid the Middle East energy shock.
BY AFP
Media freedom advocates praised the surprise release of Reuters reporters in Myanmar but stressed the pair should never have been jailed in the first place.
The UN praised the release of two Reuters journalists, but warned that freedom of expression remains heavily restricted in the country.
The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.
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