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Dateline Irrawaddy: ‘Development of a Country Depends Greatly on Leadership’

By The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy interviews the grandsons of two martyrs who were assassinated 70 years ago and asks what Myanmar leaders should learn from them today.

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