2020 JULY – A Roadmap of Myanmar

Introduction

Myanmar is also known as Burma in the past, dating back to its colonial period. Renaming it is a contested issue as many political and ethnic opposition groups and countries continue to use Burma as they do not recognize the legitimacy of the ruling military government or even its authority to rename the country. People asked Aung San Suu Kyi for the name to be used in April 2016, soon after she took the office. She mentioned that it should only be treated as a matter of being used. The State Department of the United States list the country under both names.