Myanmar Burmese Culture Population Statistics
Agencies, in turn, complained bitterly about what they saw as the unfavorable influence of these donor efforts to guarantee help was not instrumentalized by the military regime. In 1988, anti-government protests resulting from financial strife and ethnic tensions led to the resignation of General Ne Win. A new Military command —the State Law and Order Restoration Council —took over and promised to hold democratic, multi-party elections. In June, 1989, the military government officially changed the name of the country from Burma to Myanmar. Four individuals on the frontlines of the anti-coup movement in Myanmar tell Preeti Jha why they are...