The Republic of the Union of Myanmar

The Republic of the Union of MyanmarPhyu Han and Mu Han northwesterly Quincy High SchoolMarch 24, 2014The Republic of the Union of Myanmar was formerly cognize as Burma until 1989 when its legions disposal changed its name to Myanmar (East southeastern Asia Burma, 2013). However, the unite distinguishs government has not yet adopted the name (East southeastern Asia Burma, 2013). The pastoral of Myanmar is regain in southeastward Asia bordering China to the north and northeast, Laos and Thailand to the east and southeast, Bangladesh and India to the west, and the Andaman Sea and the c completely for of Bengal to the south (East southeastern United States Asia Burma, 2013). Myanmar covers an area of around 421,600 square miles which is slightly small than the United States state of Texas (Myanmar., 2014). The population of the orbit consists of over 47.37 million plenty made up of about 135 ethnic free radicals (Myanmar., 2014). The official row of the Union of Myan mar is Burmese (Myanmar., 2014). Still, the various other minority ethnic groups speaks their consume languages (Myanmar., 2014). Since 1989, the capital of Myanmar was Yangon scarce was recently changed to Naypyidaw in 2005 (Myanmar., 2014).Throughout the 19th century, umteen Burmese minority ethnic city-states and kingdoms inhabited the democracys arrange borders (East southeastward Asia Burma, 2013). In 1824, Great Britain conquered Myanmar into its Indian Empire (East selenium Asia Burma, 2013). Myanmar was considered and managed as a province of India until it became a self-governing colony in 1937 (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). The country of Myanmar gained independence from the commonwealth of Great Britain in January 4 1948 (Myanmar., 2014). Myanmars independence was gained by General Aung San who is now known as the founder of Burma (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013).In 1962, General Ne Win took over the Burmese government as the first multitude ruler and se lf-appointed professorship beginning the countrys ruling by a army legions junta (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Until 2011, the military junta held absolute power in the country and began the policies of planetary isolation (Myanmar Profile., 2013). For over 49 years, Myanmar was a military dominated country full of human rights abuses (Myanmar., 2014). In the multiparty legislative resources of 1990, the topic League for Democracy (NLD) ran as the chief(prenominal) opposing party to the military junta (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). NLD won a landslide victory and the junta placed Aung San Suu Kyi, NLD leader and the daughter of General Aung San, under house block for over 15 years (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). In 2007, the ruling junta brutally killing at to the lowest degree 13 people arrested thousands in response to protests over increased fuel prices led by Buddhist monks, (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Throughout the year of 2008, a series of bo mbings took place in the country. Many minority rebels and terrorists were blamed for the events (Myanmar Profile., 2013). In November 2010, Myanmar held its first general election in 20 years (Myanmar Profile., 2013). Yet, Constitutional votes and Parliamentary elections held under the junta rule were considered manipulated and flawed by many in the international fellowship (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). After the election, Burmese Parliament met in January 2011 and elected a former prime minister of the previous military government, Thein Sein, as death chair (Myanmar Profile., 2013). Presently, the president of Myanmar is Thein Sein along with Vice President Nyan Tun (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Since the election, Thein Sein leading the Burmese government has initiated various political and frugal reforms directed to the opening of the long-isolated country (Myanmar Profile., 2013). Thein Seins reforms consisted of permitting Aung San Suu Kyi to resume her politic al activities by allowing her to run in the parliamentary election in April 2012 (Myanmar Profile., 2013). As a resoluteness, she now currently serves as an elected Member of Parliament and chair of the Committee for Rule of fair play and Tranquility (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). For 2014, Myanmar is the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013).Myanmars Armed Forces consists of Army, Navy, and Air Force (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). In February 2013, the military formed a new task force to deal with squeeze child recruitment, which reportly continues (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013).In Addition, President Thein Sein has released the hundreds of political prisoners, passed laws defend basic human rights, and gradually reduced restrictions on freedom of the run and ex crushion (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Along with the restrictions on freedom of expression, Myanmars domestic media has been strictly contr olled since 1962 (Myanmar Profile., 2013). The whole of the media has been censored, ranging from government dissent to most bad password such as reports of graphic disasters (Myanmar Profile., 2013). In 2012, Thein Sein lifted pre-publication censorship for the press (Myanmar Profile., 2013).In June 2012, Myanmar declared a state of emergency in Rakhine State where at least 17 people were killed in religious fierceness between Buddhists and Muslims (Mullany, 2014). This incident began a series of attacks on Rohingya Muslims across the country to the present (Mullany, 2014). The United Nations reported in January 2014 that rampaging mobs in Rakhine had killed at least four dozen people, mostly Muslims (Mullany, 2014). In March 2014, Myanmar government was reported to concord denied the Rohingya Muslims citizenship as well as persecuted them (Mullany, 2014). Following the governments ban of Doctors without Borders (MSF), approximately 750,000 Rohingya Muslims have died in Myanmar as a result of being deprived of medical services (Myanmar., 2014). The Burmese government coherent halt to MSFs work after some officials accused the group of favoring Rohingya Muslims over Rakhine Buddhists (Myanmar., 2014).Many now hope that along with these new reforms, the decades of international isolation could be coming to an end (Myanmar Profile., 2013). In December 2011, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Burma to meet both President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar Profile., 2013). This event was seen as a milestone in the countrys history and the countrys expire to the world stage (Myanmar Profile., 2013). In 2013, President Obama met President Thein Sein in capital of the United States D.C. offering development aid (Myanmar Profile., 2013). President Obama praised the political and economic progress, but criticized the violence against Rohingya Muslims (Myanmar Profile., 2013).Since the transition to a parliamentary government in 2011, Mya nmar has begun an economic repair aimed at attracting impertinent investment and reestablishing into the global parsimoniousness (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). In April 2012, The European Union followed the United States lead and lifted all non-military sanctions as well as offered Myanmar more than $100 million in development aid (Myanmar Profile., 2013). With governments commitment to reform and the undermentioned lifting of most Western sanctions, the Burmese economy accelerated in 2012 and 2013 (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). The European Union, United States and Canada passed economic sanctions on Myanmar, and China (Myanmar Profile., 2013). The countrys abundant natural resources and young labor force have attracted foreign investment such as India and South Korea in many industries (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Myanmar is currently moving past its isolationist policies with China as its main ally (Myanmar Profile., 2013).The currency of Myanmar is known as K yat (Myanmar Profile., 2013). 965.728 Kyat is equal to 1.00 USD (Myanmar Profile., 2013). Due to its under-developed economy and government corruptions, Myanmar is considered one of the poorest countries in Asia (Myanmar Profile., 2013). However, the country of Myanmar is full of valuable natural resources (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). The natural resources are petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, and hydropower (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Myanmar is an cultivation based country with highly fertile soil growing rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, and sugar cane (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). This uncouth country is also known to be the worlds largest exporter of teak, jade, pearls, rubies and sapphires (Myanmar Profile., 2013). Myanmars other exports consist of oil, gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, and clothing (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). The countrys ex port partners are Thailand 40.7%, India 14.8%, China 14.3%, and japan 7.4% (2012) (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Myanmar also significance fabric, petroleum, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, cement, construction materials, and crude oil from China 36.9%, Thailand 20.2%, Singapore 8.7%, South Korea 8.7%, Japan 8.2%, Malaysia 4.6% (2012) (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). However, little of this wealth reaches the actual population (Myanmar Profile., 2013).Despite these improvements, alive standards have not yet advanced for the majority of the people inhabiting the rural areas (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). Myanmar remains one of the poorest countries in Asia with more than one-fourth of the countrys 47.37 million people living in poverty (East Southeast Asia Burma, 2013). The previous governments isolationist policies and economic mismanagement have left Burma with poor economy and government corruption, which will take huge efforts to mend (East Southeast Asia Burma , 2013).Works CitedEast Southeast Asia Burma. Central word Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, 20June 2013. 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