Myanmar is made up of 135 national races, of which the main national races are Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan. The population is estimated to be over 60 million and there are more than 500,000 (including refugees) in Malaysia today.
The nationality is Myanmar. There are more than 100 ethnic groups in Myanmar. Some of the Ethnic groups are listed as Akha, Palaung, Padaung, Naga, Taron, Eng and many more near extinct tribes.
The nationality is Myanmar. There are more than 100 ethnic groups in Myanmar. Some of the Ethnic groups are listed as Akha, Palaung, Padaung, Naga, Taron, Eng and many more near extinct tribes.
The religions are Buddhist, Christian and Muslim. The major language is Myanmar, but minority ethnic groups have their own languages. English is widely spoken and understood.
Burma is also known as Myanmar. The country's military rulers changed the official English name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989. They also changed the capital's English name from Rangoon to Yangon.Burma was a parliamentary democracy from 1948 until 1962, when the military took over. Under the rule of a man named Ne Win, the Burmese army imposed a quasi-socialist police state on the Burmese people.
Over two-and-half decades, Win and his military goons wrecked the country. What was once a relatively prosperous (by Southeast Asian standards) country with natural resources and brainpower was turned into an oppressive, poverty-stricken mess.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Gen. Aung San, a hero of the Burmese independence movement who was assassinated by political rivals in 1947.
Aung San Suu Kyi was a mother and housewife in the U.K. She flew to Burma early that year to take care of her sick, elderly motherMoved by the courage of anti-government protesters, she delivered the first public political speech of her life on Aug. 26, 1988. She electrified the crowd of 100,000 by calling for multi-party elections.
The Burmese military was not amused. In the days that followed, it slaughtered up to 3,000 demonstrators and placed Suu Kyi under house arrest. She went on a hunger strike – demanding that she be placed in the same miserable prison as her lesser-known pro-democracy leaders.In 1990, the military allowed elections. Suu Kyi's party won in a landslide, so the military nullified the result. Suu Kyi has spent the last 17 years in prison or under house arrest.
Riot police and military personnel crack down on the protests in Yangon. There are reports of a brutal crackdown at night, with hundreds of people killed in villages, towns and cities. They came to kill the monks!
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