Question

Match the characteristics to the independent nations of Southeast Asia. Myanmar Sri Lanka Philippines experienced bloody conflicts between the Sinhalese and Tamils faced a separatist campaign by a Muslim group elected Aung San Suu Kyi, who was not recognized by the military government

Answer 1

The correct matches are:

Myanmar - Elected Aung San Suu Kyi;

Myanmar, formerly Burma, is a country where the conflicts, corruption, authoritarian politicians still dominate. Aung San Suu Kyi tried to break that cycle and bring in democracy into the country, but despite being elected by the citizens, the military hunt was not willing to give in the government, so instead they put her in home prison for 15 years.

Sri Lanka - Experienced bloody conflicts between the Sinhalese and Tamils;

This South Asian country faced huge problems with the bloody conflicts between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. Multiple regions in the country were occupied by these groups, and there were lot of lives lost, mostly civilians, in their conflicts.

Philippines - Faced a separatist campaign by a Muslim group;

In part of the Philippines there's a Muslim minority, and it tried to separate from the country in a violent manner, supported by Muslim extremists from the Caucasus and the Middle East. Lot of people died in the clashes between the military and the separatists, with the government being the winner at the end.

Answer 2

Myanmar

ruled by a military government

called a junta

The Philippines

elected Corazon Aquino as its

president in 1986 after the

dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos

Sri Lanka

experienced a civil war between

the Sinhalese and the Tamil

after independence

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