Myanmar’s Bright Young Stars

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Forty Five percent of the population of Myanmar is 25 or under. This gives young adults a key role in the country’s first open election in 25 years, to be held on 8 November. Nomia Iqbal finds out how youth radio is helping to shape Myanmar's shift from military rule by spending time with producers at youth radio programme Lin Lat Kyair Sin or Bright Young Stars.

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0:14.0	Welcome to Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city
0:18.0	where people are gearing up for their first openly contested parliamentary election
0:22.0	in 25 years. It's to be held on the 8th of November.
0:26.0	I'm Nomi Rik Val at the offices of the Linla J.C. Radio program
0:32.0	or in English, bright young stars.
0:36.0	LNK has been going on air almost three years.
0:38.0	The most unique thing about LNK is we go out into rural area
0:42.0	almost everyone to get the boys from rural young people.
0:46.0	So the hard to reach voices.
0:50.0	They make a 15 minute weekly show from here that goes out on shortwave
0:54.0	of 9 million young people.
0:56.0	If you live in big city,
0:58.0	because they can't be opening up a little bit,
1:00.0	you are more freer
1:02.0	and you have a lot of exposures to other media and
1:05.0	the authority also doesn't really try to restrain your movement or anything.
1:10.0	But in remote area,
1:12.0	sometimes a manipulation can happen.
1:14.0	The fact that LLKS is allowed to broadcast at all
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