Two other Burmese students had hijacked a jetliner to Thailand a year ago.

The private United States Committee for Refugees estimates that there are 2,000 Burmese students in Bangkok.

During the Japanese occupation of Burma, Japan continued to provide scholarships for Burmese students to study in Japan.

He is also Patron of Prospect Burma, a London based charity that offers higher education scholarships to Burmese students.

Thousands of Burmese students were rounded up, hundreds were killed and others fled after the military took power last September to crush a national uprising for democracy.

His initial task therefore was to create courses and provide textbooks that were relevant to the needs of his Burmese students.

An army massacre sent Burmese students fleeing for their lives, many to Thai border areas and shelter by ethnic rebels fighting Burmese rule.

It is a group of Burmese students living in the exile.

While studying in England, she met a young Burmese student, whom she married, and moved to Mandalay and Rangoon.

The Thai authorities reported that hundreds of Burmese students had crossed into Thailand at border towns, saying the military was rounding up students.