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'Our first dictatorship is school': Thai kids revolt

Girls wearing masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 line up at the school yard before the start of their lesson day in Bangkok, Thailand, September15, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Wearing white ribbons, publicly hacking off their hair and making “Hunger Games” salutes - Thailand’s high school students are doing their best to shake up the country’s rigid education system.

As university students stage weeks of high-profile campus protests for democracy, their younger brethren are advancing their own rebellion to Thailand’s establishment.

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