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Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. [ 18 ]
Myanmar is known by a name deriving from Burma as opposed to Myanmar in Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek – Birmania being the local version of Burma in both Italian and Spanish, Birmânia in Portuguese, and Birmanie in French. [32] As in the past, French-language media today consistently use Birmanie. [33] [34]
Myanmar has been embroiled in armed conflict since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The conflict has largely been ethnic-based , with ethnic armed organisations fighting Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw , for self-determination .
The first known city-states emerged in central Myanmar in the second century AD. They were founded by Tibeto-Burman-speaking migrants from present-day Yunnan. [4] The history of Myanmar as a unified entity, formerly called Burma, began with the Pagan Kingdom in 849.
Myanmar is mired in violence and instability stemming from the military's 2021 coup and its lethal suppression of pro-democracy protests, during which hundreds of people have been killed and many ...
Following the 1962 Burmese coup d'état, between 1963 and 1970, 155,000 Burmese Indians were repatriated to India and resettled by the Indian government in ‘Burma Colonies’ in cities like Chennai, Tiruchirappalli and Madurai. [33] Outside of Asia, there is also a significant diaspora in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and New ...
ASEAN countries remain among Myanmar’s top trading partners and arms suppliers, despite repeatedly condemning the military-led violence in Myanmar. Why Southeast Asia Just Can’t Seem to Cut ...
Southeast Asian leaders decided Tuesday that Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of their regional bloc as scheduled in 2026, in the latest blow to efforts by its ruling generals to ...