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Why "Burma"?

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William Crawley | 18:43 UK time, Thursday, 27 September 2007

One commenter here has asked why I've been using the term "Burma", rather than "Myanmar" (the UN-recognised designation) to refer to the country. You could equally wonder why the name "Rangoon" is being used instead of "Yangon". For an explanation, see .

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