THE KHMER REPUBLIC & WAR: 1970 – 1975 In March 1970, while Prince Sihanouk was absent, General Lon Nol deposed Prince Sihanouk in a coup…

THE KHMER ROUGE / RED KHMER PERIOD Immediately after its victory, the CPK ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns, sending the entire urban…

 THE CAMBODIA MODERN STATE On October 23, 1991, the Paris Conference reconvened to sign a comprehensive settlement giving the UN full authority to supervise a…

THE VIETNAM PROTECTION Vietnam established a satellite regime called the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) in January 1979. The new government included many former members…

THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBODIA In September 1989, as the Cold War ended and Soviet financing of the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia fell sharply, Vietnam…

THE OVERVIEW OF MYANMAR Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is the Land of Human Origin. It is also recognized by the world as the Golden…

MYANMAR GEOGRAPHY The country of Myanmar, which has a total area of 678,500 square kilometres (261,970 sq mi), is the largest country in mainland Southeast…

MYANMAR CLIMATE Located between the tropic of Cancer and the Equator, Myanmar has the effects of the Monsoon in different parts of the country. Myanmar…

MYANMAR SUBDIVISIONS Myanmar is divided into seven states and seven divisions. The divisions are predominantly Bamar. The states, in essence, are divisions which are home…

MYANMAR GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Burma is governed by a military junta with the head of state being Senior General Than Shwe, who holds the posts…

MYANMAR ECONOMY The country is one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, suffering from decades of stagnation, mismanagement and isolation. Burma’s GDP grows at…

MYANMAR POPULATION Myanmar has a population of about 50 million. Current population figures are rough estimates because the last partial census, conducted by the Ministry…