U.S. national Kyaw Htay Oo, Australian Sean Turnell, Japan's Toru Kubota, Briton Vicky Bowman and 11 local Myanmar celebrities were among a total of 5,774 prisoners who were being released ...

Myanmar Releases 4 Foreigners in Broad Prisoner Amnesty The foreign prisoners were part of a broad release of 5,774 prisoners in the country as part of celebrating its National Victory Day ...

Bowman, 56, a former British ambassador to Myanmar who had been running a business consultancy, was arrested with her husband, a Myanmar national, in Yangon in August.

Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months. The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year.