Mun Awng

Mun Awng (; born 1960) is a Kachin singer, songwriter, and pro-democracy activist.

Background Mun Awng was born Myitkyina, in Kachin State in the north of Burma. He is part of the Christian minority, and grew up singing in church. Awng became a popular singer and musician in Burma during the 1980s. Due to having participated in anti-government demonstrations in 1988, he was forced to leave Burma in February 1993, having previously lived in camps on Three Pagodas Pass on the Thai border with other students.

He moved to Norway in 1996 to work with the opposition Democratic Voice of Burma radio and television broadcaster, which broadcasts from Oslo. He lived in Eidsvoll, Norway with his partner and daughter, working in the surface treatment department of a wood product factory.

Music Mun Awng's music has been described as a mix of Western style rock music and east Asian ballads. He occasionally performs his music for Burmese exiles in other countries. The concert was intended to support ethnic Kachin refugees.

For the Lady In 2004 Mun Awng contributed to For the Lady, a compilation album created to raise funds for the US Campaign for Burma. Together with well-known musicians such as U2, Avril Lavigne and Talib Kweli, Mun Awng helped create the album which was dedicated to the then-arrested Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. Mun Awng performed the album's final track, "Tempest of Blood", which was co-written by Min Ko Naing whilst they were in hiding.

Albums (Music Series) Mun Awng's published albums, known popularly in Myanmar as Music Series, in chronological order, are:

Deviousness of Cincamana (1980) Producer: Zinyaw Taythanthwin Band: Medium Wave Songwriters: Ko Nay Win, Maung Maung, Ko Ye Lwin, Maung Thit Minn, Naing Minn, and Mun Awng 8/82 Inya (1984) Producer: Zinyaw Mandalay Taythanthwin Band: The Rhythm Songwriters: Ko Nay Win, Maung Maung, Ye Lwin, Yar Pyae, Han Zaw, Awa Khawram, and Mun Awng Moe Lone Hmine (1985) Producer: Zinyaw Mandalay Taythanthwin Band: The Rhythms of the Mediumwave Music Songwriters: Ko Maung Maung, Ko Nay Win, Ko Ye Lwin, Maung Thit Minn, Khin Maung Toe, and Chit Ko Let the Longing Nights Be Over (1987) Producer: Zinyaw Mandalay Taythanthwin Band: Medium Wave Songwriters: Ko Nay Win, Maung Maung, Ye Lwin, Maung Thit Minn, Naing Minn, Ko Phyoe, and Aung Naing (Da-Tu) Battle for Peace (1992) Songwriters: Mun Awng and Htoo Eain Thin Path to Freedom (1998) Band: Mun Awng and Friends in Norway Songwriter: Mun Awng The Pollinating Night - Live Performance Band: The Rhythm Songwriters: Ko Nay Win, Maung Maung, Ye Lwin, Maung Thit Minn, Aung Naing (Da-Tu), Awa Khawram, Khin Maung Toe, and Htoo Eain Thin Rain Drops of Peace (2016) Band: The Rhythm Songwriters: Ko Ye Lwin, Ko Nay Win, Ko Aung Win, Ko De Chit Myo, and Mun Awng