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Myanmar

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AFP English

6 Views • Jun 19, 2015

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Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma, is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to the northwest, China to the northeast, Laos and Thailand to the east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, while its largest city is Yangon.

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Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi still faces one of the greatest challenges of her decades-long freedom fight. Her National League for Democracy (NLD) party is expected to triumph at key elections this year, but Suu Kyi's pathway to the presidency is blocked by a controversial clause in Myanmar's junta-era constitution. This despite a series of reforms since the end of junta rule in Myanmar nearly three years ago.VIDEOGRAPHIC