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DEFINITION Bur-muh n. Nation in Southeast Asia that in 1989 changed its official English name to Myanmar (Meye-ahn-mahr...
CONTEXT As its army moved this fall to quash monks' peaceful protests, the violent crackdown made international headlines that, depending on the publication, identified the country as Burma, Myanmar or both...
USAGE The Burmese have long referred to the area as both Bama and Myanma. The British in 1885 dubbed the colony Burma, a name that stuck until a military junta changed it to Myanmar in 1989. The U.S. and the U.K. refuse to recognize the newer name...
Other speakers included Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA Joshua Rubenstein as well as Aung Kyaw, who participated in the 1988 anti-government protests in Myanmar. Aung Kyaw does not use his last name in order to protect his identity from the Burmese government...
...starters, Burma (also known as Myanmar) is ruled by one of the world's longest-standing military dictatorships. An army-led coup in 1962 initially brought men in uniform to power, first the charismatic and superstitious Ne Win, now his rather less magnetic successor Than Shwe. The generals took control not only of the armed forces but all aspects of politics and the economy as well. In the decades since the takeover, Burma has evolved into a nation where "the military is the state," according to Burmese historian Thant Myint-U. "Army officers do everything. Normal government had withered away...