BANGKOK -- Akar Htun was studying electronic engineering at a vocational college in February of 2021 when the Myanmar military unseated his country's government, throwing the nation into turmoil and motivating regular Myanmar citizens to fight for the democracy that had been pulled out from under them.
Myanmar Crisis
Myanmar kids in Thailand pull off U.S. high school diploma miracle
Mae Sot school helps those who fled military action re-imagine their futures
Students at New Blood School in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on June 29 prepare to take the U.S. General Education Development tests. (Photo by Kosuke Inoue)
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