‘I wanted to cry for my country’: Myanmar students suffer as they watch coup aftermath from exile in Thailand – Asia – South China Morning Post
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Naw Say Say was shocked and saddened when she woke to news on February 1 that the Myanmar military had overthrown the civilian government and declared a state of emergency.“I was so worried and wanted to cry for my people and my country,” says Naw Say Say (not her real name) via Zoom from Thailand, where the 28-year-old is studying nursing science at Chiang Mai University. “I had an exam that day but all I could think about was my home … the whole country is suffering.”Kaung Kaung (not his real…Read More
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