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Podcast: In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Episode: Exiled Myanmar writer: Forging freedom through critical thinking
Description: Award-winning Myanmar writer Ma Thida says reading and critical thinking are essential tools of resistance — and the foundation of any future democracy. Speaking during a three-city tour of Japan, the former political prisoner, now living in exile in Germany, reflected on post-coup Myanmar, where the military continues to entrench its power despite claiming a return to civilian rule.