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Despite an ongoing civil war and political instability, young Japanophiles of Myanmar sang their hearts out at Utacon 2025, a Japanese-music singing competition held here on March 2.
News Myanmar » Yangon » Music: Yangon Region Music Association Launches First Singing Contest on Myanmar Music Day
On June 27, Yangon’s vibrant cultural scene turned to the stage when the newly formed Yangon Region Music Association (YRMA) unveiled its inaugural singing contest to celebrate Myanmar Music Day. The ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Music: ‘Rock & Roll Is at Its Most Beautiful Stage When It’s Free’
The song was a cry against the living hell that descended upon the people of Myanmar since February 1st, when the military overthrew the country’s civilian government. It was also a song of solidarity ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Music: Healing through music: Defying silence in Myanmar
Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights defenders. This edited article is ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Music: Yangon's furtive party scene belies junta claims of normality
In a blaring nightclub in wartime Myanmar, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dancefloor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup curfew. In the club, the demand for escape ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Music: Myanmar’s junta says everything’s back to normal. Yangon clubbers don’t believe it’s true
In a blaring nightclub in wartime Myanmar, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dance floor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup curfew. Lasers streak the smoke-filled air ...