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Is Myanmar Coming in from the Cold?

Myanmar's president Min Aung Hlaing recently got the red-carpet treatment in Thailand, is Myanmar diplomatically coming in from the cold?

Myanmar's president Min Aung Hlaing recently got the red-carpet treatment in Thailand as he transitions from military leader to civilian head of state. So, on Asia Specific, we're asking - despite a brutal civil war that's claimed a hundred thousand lives, is Myanmar diplomatically coming in from the cold? Host Mariko Oi speaks to SE Asia correspondent Jonathan Head and exiled activist Thinzar Shunlei Lei.

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