YANGON, Myanmar — With their tattoos, loud tank tops and super-short shorts, Thazin Nyunt Aung and Aye Aye Aung don't dress like most Myanmar women. The country's first female rap group, the duo known ...

For seven hundred years, serpentine songs of glorious kings, ancient wealth, and deep love have echoed at weddings and social occasions in Myanmar (Burma). Though steeped in musical and literary ...