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if they called Burma, it is not only burmese people live there, there are 8 major ethnic groups live in Myanmar with their own states. So they change their name from Burma to Myanmar.
Ethnic conflict began
A Bamar is a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma.
Burma is governed by their military.
Burma is under a miltary dictatorship
Yes. Myanmar, also known as Burma, was conquered by the British after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century. Burma became an independent nation in 1948, initially as a democratic nation and then, following a coup in 1962, a military dictatorship which formally ended in 2011. The country has been engrossed in rampant ethnic strife for most of its independent years, and a myriad of Burma's ethnic groups have been involved in one of the world's longest-running unresolved civil wars.
By growing opium and manufacturing heroin
The Republic of the Union of Myanymar is more commonly known as Burma. The people who live in this country are from many ethnic groups, the largest being the Bamar. 89 percent of the population follow the Buddhist religion.
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people of Burma fight's for democracy ethnic right's and implementation of international declaration of human right's in there state. they also fight for their independence and soverignity.
A Padaung is a member of a tribe of Burma's Kayan ethnic group, known for wearing copper neck rings.