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The Myanmar Civil War, [ m] also known as the Burmese Civil War, Burmese Spring Revolution, or People's Defensive War, is an ongoing civil war following Myanmar's long-running insurgencies, which escalated significantly in response to the 2021 military coup d'état and the subsequent violent crackdown on anti-coup protests. [ 41][ 42] The ...
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military, which then vested power in a military junta. Acting President of Myanmar Myint Swe proclaimed a year-long state of ...
On 1 February, Burmese citizens in Tokyo, Japan gathered in front of the United Nations University to protest against the coup. [270] On 26 May 2021, Tokyo planned to allow two Myanmar diplomats to stay longer because they publicly announced their participation in the anti-coup movements and their visas were set to expire on 15 July 2021. [271]
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.. The ...
Politics of Myanmar. Myanmar ( formerly Burma) ( Burmese: မြန်မာ) operates de jure as a unitary assembly-independent presidential republic under its 2008 constitution. [ 1] On 1 February 2021, Myanmar's military took over the government in a coup, [ 2] causing ongoing anti-coup protests. [ 3]
Defunct popular and influential newspapers. The Botataung (Burmese) [50] Daily Sport Journal[citation needed] Democracy (ceased publication in 2019) [51] The Guardian (Burmese and English) [citation needed] Myanmar Freedom Daily - a private daily newspaper (English) (Last published 2015) [52] The Nation (Burmese and English) [53] [54]
Insurgencies have been ongoing in Myanmar since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. [ 6][ 7] It has largely been an ethnic conflict, with ethnic armed groups fighting Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw, for self-determination. Despite numerous ceasefires and the creation of autonomous self ...
Myanmar is known by a name deriving from Burma in Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek. [53] French-language media consistently use Birmanie. [54] [55] There are at least nine different pronunciations of the English name Myanmar, and no single one is standard. Pronunciations with two syllables are found most often in major British and American ...