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A Burma army private’s salary is presently 15,000 kyat per month, compared to only 4,500 kyat per month prior to April 2006. This report also makes reference to the Thai baht, which presently ...

If Burma meant only one nationality and Myanmar all other ethnic groups as well, how could there be, according to the Myanmar Language Commission, a “Myanmar language”?

November 01, 2009 4:22 AM update November 01, 2009 4:23 AM Share Print The chief of Burma's military government has called on all citizens to support a controversial road map to democracy.

For nearly twenty years, since first visiting the country during the violent protests in 1988, I've followed arguments about the twists and turns of what to call the country in Burmese.