What’s in a name? Canada switches from Burma to Myanmar, after years of protest

The parliamentary friendship group for the country may soon follow suit.
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured in 2012.
The Canadian government has started calling the south-east Asian nation it previously called Burma as Myanmar in recognition of the country’s transition to democracy after decades of authoritarian rule, and the parliamentary friendship group for the country may soon follow suit. In protest of the...

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