The World

Finally today — a story of music and politics.

In many countries, musicians are free to voice their political views through song.

Not so in Myanmar — or Burma.

There — political repression and censorship are severe.

That’s something that young Burmese hip hop artists have discovered first hand.

Andrea Smardon prepared this report.

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