"Myanmar is seen as more formal or literary and Burma, more vernacular." News organizations have been through this before. China's communist leaders began referring to "Peking" as "Beijing" in the ...

Mark Farmener, of Burma Campaign UK, says: "Often you can tell where someone's sympathies lie if they use Burma or Myanmar. Myanmar is a kind of indicator of countries that are soft on the regime ...

When the military government changed the country’s name from ‘Burma’ to ‘Myanmar’ in 1989, much of the international community recognised the name change. Advertisement. Hide Ad.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is run by a military regime. "It would be destabilizing for the region, it would pose a direct threat to Burma's neighbors," she said, ...

One coup. One country. Two names? Myanmar is the official name of the country upended by a military coup this week. In official documents issued by the Biden administration, the country with ...

Burma is a long-forgotten battleground for religious freedom and human rights in Asia, ... the one unfolding in Burma, or Myanmar. Ever since the military coup on February 1, 2021, ...

Is it Burma or Myanmar? How did the country come to have two names? Will using the 'wrong' name cause offense? To help you navigate this complex situation, we at Insider Journeys have created a ...

Hong’s friends from his university days still live in Myanmar, also known as Burma, which Hong left in 1987. He worries for their safety and believes that only the United States can help bring ...

Burma, or Myanmar, as we know it with its present boundaries, is a colonial creation rife with internal contradictions and divisions. Also read: Indian govt doesn’t trust Jammu & Kashmir police ...

President Barack Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar, known by the U.S. as Burma, brings up an unusual problem of protocol: What does he call it?

Burma is a long-forgotten battleground for religious freedom and human rights in Asia, ... the one unfolding in Burma, or Myanmar. Ever since the military coup on February 1, 2021, ...