Mr Myint has written more than 300 copy-songs over the last 20 years and tells me that role of the lyricist has evolved alongside Myanmar's political landscape. One of his most popular re-workings ...

Japanese anime is also popular in Myanmar. Several of the other contestants sang anime theme songs, such as “Sparkle” by the Radwimps, and “Gurenge” by singer-songwriter Lisa. Another sang ...

In the green tree canopies of forested areas in Myanmar, you might wake up to the sounds of skywalker gibbons singing love songs. Gibbons start their day with passionate duets. Though these love ...

YANGON (Eleven Media Group/ANN): The Myanmar junta government announced on Sunday that the country's famous Thingyan Festival will feature top K-pop stars and renowned artists from Asia in this ...

As part of my Civic Media Observatory research, I delved into Myanmar’s pop culture and found major narratives that have yet to be covered in-depth by mainstream media, perhaps due to the seemingly ...

The primate's endearing love song helped scientists confirm what was formerly a strong hunch: Myanmar has the largest population of endangered Skywalker gibbons on Earth. The study was led by the ...

Myanmar activist Sann Minn Paing released a song on YouTube a year after his parents were killed by junta forces. His Facebook post announcing the song and his demand for justice went viral, ...

The must-hear pop songs of the week, with a tidy playlist for your listening pleasure. Looking for some motivation to help power you through the start of another work week – particularly as we ...

but Yusuf embraces the song, seeing it as a symbol of defiance and a future return. "Myanmar is my homeland," he told AFP. "The country did no harm to us. Its powerful people did. My young sister ...

It has been a long time since a song simply arrived as a head-turning surprise from a radio playlist or a cranked-up chorus from a passing car. Now that social media has engulfed culture ...

One of Myanmar's most famous popstars Phyu ... Image caption, Many Burmese artists rely heavily on "copy-songs" One of his most popular re-workings is the Scorpions' Wind of Change, which ...