Singapore is the seventh nation to host Social_event the event Competition after Malaysia , Vietnam , Philippines , Thailand , Indonesia and Myanmar .

The storm Catastrophe also affected Influence Burma ( Myanmar ) , Indonesia , Malaysia , and Cambodia to a lesser degree .

International figures , including the Dalai Lama , Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Myanmar Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi , condemned Judgment_communication the attacks Attack .

The main events took place Process_start in Rangoon , Burma ( Myanmar ) on 7–8 July 1962 .

This restores Recovering six events which were dropped Motion_directional by the previous host , Myanmar in the 2013 edition .

Saffron Revolution was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August , September , and October 2007 in Myanmar .

Steady weakening Cause_change_of_strength ensued Coming_to_be thereafter and the storm Catastrophe made Creating landfall in Myanmar 's Rakhine State on April 29 .

In contrast to Mala 's intensity , damage Damaging was relatively minimal across Myanmar due to adequate early warnings Warning , while timely and effective evacuations Escaping minimized Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale loss of life along the coast .

Malaysia is the third country to host Social_event the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games , which later known as the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand and Myanmar , then Burma .

The 2013 Southeast Asian Games Competition ( ) , officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games Competition , was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event Competition took place Process_start in Nay Pyi Taw , Myanmar .

It was the third time Myanmar hosted Social_event the Southeast Asian Games Competition .

Nay Pyi Taw became Becoming the second city in Myanmar to host Social_event the Southeast Asian Games Competition .

The games Competition were opened Process_start and closed Process_end by Nyan Tun , the Vice-president of Myanmar at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium .

The final medal tally was led Getting by Thailand , followed by host Myanmar and Vietnam .

The Karen conflict is an armed conflict Hostile_encounter in Kayin State , Myanmar ( formerly known as Karen State , Burma ) .

In the over seventy-year-long conflict Hostile_encounter there have been many different combatants , the most influential of which are the Karen National Union and their Karen National Liberation Army ( KNLA ) , and the Tatmadaw , the armed forces of Myanmar .

The 2012 Rakhine State riots Violence were a series of conflicts Violence primarily between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State , Myanmar , though by October Muslims of all ethnicities had begun Process_start to be targeted .

The 2004 Myanmar cyclone Catastrophe was considered the worst to strike Attack the country since 1968 .

On May 19 , the cyclone Catastrophe made Causation landfall Arriving along northwestern Myanmar near Sittwe , with maximum sustained winds estimated at 165 km/h ( 105 mph ) by the India Meteorological Department .

Winds from the cyclone Catastrophe reached Motion 157 km/h ( 98 mph ) in Myanmar , occurring in conjunction with heavy rainfall and a high storm Catastrophe surge .

Damage Damaging in Myanmar totaled over K621 million kyat ( $ 99.2 million USD ) , making it the worst storm Catastrophe in the country since 1968 , and there were 236 deaths Death , with an unofficial death Death toll as high as 1,000 .

Brunei is the seventh country to host Social_event the Southeast Asian Games Competition after Thailand , Myanmar , Malaysia , Singapore , Indonesia and the Philippines .

Forrest made Causation landfall Arriving in northwestern Myanmar as a weakening system on November 21 before dissipating early the next day .

The first Mongol invasions of Burma ( present-day Myanmar ) ( ) were a series of military conflicts Hostile_encounter between Kublai Khan 's Yuan dynasty , division of the Mongol Empire , and the Pagan Empire that took place Process_start between 1277 and 1287 .

The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests Protest ( MLCTS : `` hrac le : lum : '' ) , also known as the 8-8-88 Uprisings Violence , or the People Power Uprising Violence , the People 's Democracy Movement and the 1988 Uprising Violence , were a series of nationwide protests , marches and civil unrest Violence in Burma ( Myanmar ) that peaked in August 1988 .

Thousands of deaths Death have been attributed Causation to the military during this uprising Violence , while authorities in Myanmar put Placing the figure at around 350 people killed Killing .