Asia - Voice of America: Burmese Government Demands Opposition Use 'Myanmar'

Asia - Voice of America asia

Burmese Government Demands Opposition Use 'Myanmar' Jun 29th 2012, 16:36 The nominally civilian Burmese government is demanding that democracy icon and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi stop referring to the country as "Burma," the colonial name still used by dissidents and many foreign governments. In a terse statement Friday published by state-controlled media, the Union Election Commission called on the Nobel laureate's National League for Democracy party to call the country the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar."  That name was ...

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