Villagers in central Myanmar have held funerals for almost two dozen students and teachers killed in what they said was a airstrike on a school by one of the ruling military’s jet fighters.

BANGKOK — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central Sagaing region hit a school on Monday, killing as many as 20 students and two teachers, according to a ...

Sadly, this might become the reality for many students like Yin Moe Khaing, because all schools in Myanmar have closed since August 27 with a new spike in Covid-19 cases. Yin is currently stuck at ...

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