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    Country name. conventional long form: Republic of Korea conventional short form: South Korea local long form: Taehan-min'guk local short form: Han'guk abbreviation: ROK etymology: derived from the Chinese name for Goryeo, which was the Korean dynasty that united the peninsula in the 10th century A.D.; the South Korean name "Han'guk" derives from the long form, "Taehan-min'guk," which is itself ...

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    IN. Internet TLD. .in ( others) India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.

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    Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.It is surrounded by five countries: Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Tajikistan to the southeast, Afghanistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, making it one of only two doubly landlocked countries on Earth, the other being Liechtenstein.

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    Myanmar is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia. Located between Bangladesh and Thailand, with India and China to the north, Myanmar covers an area of 678,500 square kilometers (261,970 square miles), of which almost half is forestor woodland. The Andaman Sea lies to the south, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest. There are over 2,000 ...

    Early history

    The Mon people are considered to be the first inhabitants of present-day Myanmar, possibly settling as early as 3,000 B.C.E.They settled in central Myanmar and along the Bay of Bengal covering the eastern coast, creating irrigation systems. The Mon established ties with India, in both cultural and commercial ventures. They also built relationships with the people of modern-day Thailand, then Siam. They traveled the Irrawaddy River in search of suitable locations to settle. The Tibeto-Burman s...

    Colonial era

    In a series of wars (1824–1826, 1851–1852 and 1885–1886) Burma lost territory to the British and became a province of India under British rule. On April 1, 1937, Burma became a separately administered colony independent of the Indian administration. During World War II, Burma became a major front in the Southeast Asian Theater. After initial successes by the Japanese in the Burma Campaign which saw them expel the British from most of Burma, the British fought back and by July 1945 had retaken...

    Military rule

    Following the war, the AFPFL attempted to work with British in an effort to gain the independence of Myanmar. In April 1947 they won a majority of the constitutional assembly seats. Three months later, U Aung San's political adversary, U Saw, had him, along with most of his cabinet, assassinated. Myanmar's leader, as well as the AFPFL's, during its early years of independence was U Nu, a former student leader and the foreign minister of Ba Maw. On January 4, 1948, the nation became an indepen...

    The constitution of Burma, its third since independence, was drafted by its military rulers and published in September 2008. The country is governed as a parliamentary system with a bicameral legislature (with an executive president accountable to the legislature), with 25 percent of the legislators appointed by the military and the rest elected in...

    Under British colonial administration, Myanmar was the wealthiest country in Southeast Asia and was believed to be on the fast track to development. Today, it is one of the poorest nations in the world, suffering from the 1962 military takeover and the Burmese Way to Socialism plan, a plan to consolidate and nationalize all industries. During this ...

    Roughly three quarters of the population are rural inhabitants, with the remaining population living in urban Yangon, Mandalay, and Moulmein.

    Although a diverse range of indigenous cultures exist in Myanmar, the dominant culture is primarily Buddhist and Bamar. Bamar culture has been influenced by the cultures of neighboring China, India, and Thailand. This is reflected in various aspects of its language, cuisine, music, dance and theater. The arts, particularly literature, have historic...

    Courtauld, Caroline. Myanmar: An Illustrated History and Guide to Burma. Odyssey Books & Maps, 2012. ISBN 978-9622178328
    Kyi, Aung San Suu. Letters from Burma. Penguin Books, 2010. ISBN 978-0141041445
    Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma). Lonely Planet, 2017. ISBN 978-1786575463

    All links retrieved February 1, 2021. 1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. Ministry of Religious Affairs 3. Myanmar country profile BBC 4. Burma CIA World Factbook 5. BBC Burmese News 6. Burma Campaign UK 7. U.S. Campaign for Burma 8. RFA Burmese News 9. Burma Border Projects 10. Pictures from Myanmar (Burma)

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    Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. [15]

  7. Dec 19, 2023 · Syngman RHEE led the country as its first president from 1948-1960. PARK Chung-hee took over leadership of the country in a 1961 coup. During his regime from 1961 to 1979, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth, with per capita income rising to roughly 17 times the level of North Korea in 1979. PARK was assassinated in 1979, and subsequent ...