BANGKOK -- Oil companies have taken nearly a year to retreat from Myanmar after the military seized power in 2021, unlike their rapid withdrawal from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his army ousted Myanmar's elected government in a military takeover on Feb. 1 last year, and Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 this year. (Nikkei montage/Reuters/Getty Images/PTTEP)
BANGKOK -- Oil companies have taken nearly a year to retreat from Myanmar after the military seized power in 2021, unlike their rapid withdrawal from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.