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                    <a href="https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/win-myint-is-free-where-is-aung-san-suu-kyi.html" aria-label="Read article: Win Myint Is Free—Where Is Aung San Suu Kyi?"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-715 "><img fetchpriority="high" width="350" height="250" src="https://www.irrawaddy.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="Win Myint Is Free—Where Is Aung San Suu Kyi?" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://www.irrawaddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/feat-post-2-350x250.png" data-srcset="https://www.irrawaddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/feat-post-2-350x250.png 350w, https://www.irrawaddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/feat-post-2-120x86.png 120w, https://www.irrawaddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/feat-post-2-750x536.png 750w, https://www.irrawaddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/feat-post-2-1140x815.png 1140w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a>
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                        <a href="https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/win-myint-is-free-where-is-aung-san-suu-kyi.html">Win Myint Is Free—Where Is Aung San Suu Kyi?</a>
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                        <p>What would it take for real, inclusive dialogue to tackle Myanmar’s perpetual crisis? wonders a former political prisoner.</p>
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                        <p>The junta leader has finally become president—but, as our editors discuss today, even his own propaganda chief has fallen foul...</p>
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                        <p>The regime has ramped up talks with Chinese firms on fuel imports, refining and power projects, as shortages and blackouts...</p>
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                        <p>One of the military bases seized by allied resistance fighters in Mon State earlier this week was once overseen by...</p>
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