SINGAPORE, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence pressed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi multiple times on Wednesday to pardon two Reuters journalists jailed in her country , a senior White House official said.

Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in Yangon in December 2017. They were found guilty in September of breaching the Official Secrets Act and sentenced to seven years in prison .