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- ↑ Lee, Jamie (July 10, 2015) "Yoma to hand over operations of its school in Myanmar to UK's Dulwich College" The Business Times.
- ↑ Peel, Michael (March 25, 2014) "International schools bet on Myanmar’s transition" The Financial Times
- ↑ Smith, Beckie (July 29, 2016) "" The Pie News
