Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed from prison after more than 500 days

The two reporters, Wa Lone (33), and Kyaw Soe Oo (29), had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a case that raised questions about Myanmar's progress toward democracy and sparked an outcry from diplomats and human rights advocates.

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