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So does the choice of Burma or Myanmar indicate a particular political position? Myanmar is a kind of indicator of countries that are soft on the regime. Who cares what people call the country? It's the human rights abuses that matter. It's probable it will carry on being called Myanmar after the regime is gone. Colloquial name. The two words mean the same thing and one is derived from the other. Burmah, as it was spelt in the 19th Century, is a local corruption of the word Myanmar.
They have both been used within Burma for a long time, says anthropologist Gustaaf Houtman, who has written extensively about Burmese politics. Myanmar is the literary form, which is ceremonial and official and reeks of government. If Burmese people are writing for publication, they use 'Myanmar', but speaking they use 'Burma', he says. This reflects the regime's attempt to impose the notion that literary language is master, Mr Houtman says, but there is definitely a political background to it.
Richard Coates, a linguist at the University of Western England, says adopting the traditional, formal name is an attempt by the junta to break from the colonial past. Governments that agree with this stance still call the country Burma. There are hosts of papers detailing such changes. Burmese Politics - Gustaaf Houtman. Essential to that was strengthening ties with the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar, which is slated to chair the organization in Myanmar is rich in natural resources, such as teak, gems, coal and copper.
It reportedly has proven gas reserves on- and off-shore of roughly 12 trillion cubic feet. In fact, the administration now sees Myanmar as playing a role in dealing with the North Korea dilemma.
The U. Agency for International Development re-established a mission in the country in the fall. And while U. A similar search by the U. Historically, Myanmar worked to balance its relationship with China and India, but after the controlling junta refused to accept the results of free elections in , the country faced international condemnation, said Storey. But major projects by China, such as the Myitsone hydroelectric dam, have led to public resentment of China — while America is viewed in increasingly positive terms.
In the northern states of Kachin and Shan, where civil war has simmered for decades between ethnic Kachins and the Burmese army, many there hope that the U.
Largely Christian, Kachins feel an affinity toward the U.
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