What's the different between Burma and Mynmar?
An opinion from my cute friend Nini that she think the translation of the country name sounds neither like Burma or Mynmar:D
Somehow the name u choose presents the political position of you, but it's not so serious sometimes. The ruling military junta changed the original name'Burma' to 'Mynmar' in 1989. Therefore, people who pro democracy for Burmese, they insistuse Burma as the country name. However, in other cases, many people don't care abt how they call this country, either Burma or Mynmar.
And actually, I was surprised that BBC News now still use Burma when they report the news. On the other hand, CNN news also use Burma and sometimesuse Mynmar as additional remark. That means even the news press they also condemn the cruel ruling of 'Mynmar' government.
In my opinion, there must be many ppl don't know what's the situation of Burma nowadays. I admitted that before I went to Singapore, I also hv no idea abt it, evenI did the whole semester essay abt ASEAN. Somehow I think that maybewe should pay a bit moreattentionto other countries even u may think theyaren't worthy it.
Btw, I even didn't know Burma (Mynmar) changed their capital from Rangoon (Yangon) to Nay Pyi Taw!
Anyway, as usual, here r some links abt it.The video which CNNshot is quite but not complete><
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