At least half of the more than 100 civilians captured during a raid on Monday were children, according to resistance sources
The reopening of schools on Monday was widely dismissed as an effort by Myanmar’s junta to reassert control over students
Striking teachers dismiss a plan to reopen schools as an attempt to normalise military rule, and vow to continue their resistance to the junta
The academic year opens to empty classrooms and unexplained explosions in Sagaing, armed soldiers stationed outside schools in Yangon, and tanks on the streets of Mandalay
More than half of all teachers are on strike and just 10 percent of students have signed up to start the school year, according to the Myanmar Teachers’ Federation