Kyar Pauk ( my, ကျားပေါက်), born Han Htoo Lwin (ဟန်ထူးလွင်), is a Burmese singer-songwriter and also known as guitarist and music producer. He is best known for his

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music and founding the famous punk rock band Big Bag. He is the son of Ringo, who is a famous singer.

Biography

Kyar Pauk was born in

Taungoo Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industry ...

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. He founded punk rock band Big Bag in the summer of 2001. He is lead guitarist, lead vocalist & primary songwriter of Big Bag. Big Bang members include Ye Zaw Myo, Mung Boih and Phyo Min Naing. Kyar Pauk was married to Su Le Win Zone Zone on October 29, 2006. They have two daughters, Ei Cho and sweet Cho. They divorced in 2019. On 9 March 2018, his first solo exhibition had held named ''Outelligence'' at

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

Political activities

Following the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...

, Kyar Pauk was active in the anti-coup movement through social media. On 3 April 2021, warrants for his arrest were issued under section 505 (a) of the penal code by the

State Administration Council The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Comm ...

for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, he was charged with calling for participation in the

Civil Disobedience Movement The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The twenty-four day march lasted from 12 March to 6 April 1930 as a di ...

(CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the

Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီ; abbreviated CRPH) is a Burmese legislative body in exile, representing a gr ...

, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.

Albums with Big Bag

*''Don't talk about punk'' *''Punk for all'' (2001) *''Famous'' *''Villain'' (2005) *''Bedtime music'' (2007) *''The Big Show In The Bag'' *''AD 3000'' (2008) *''Telepunk'' (2009) *''The Sun Factory'' *''One Eleven'' (2011) *''We are Big Bag'' (2014 August) *''IDGAF'' (2015 Sep 30) *''Anger Management'' (2017) *''A Road to Starry Night (Unplugged)'' ive(2019)

Achievements

*Most Requested Song – Kyon Yin Pyaw Pay Par ity FM2010 *Freshest Song of the Year – Thee Khan yanmar Music Award2014 *People’s Choice yanmar Music Award2014 *Best Selling Album Villain 007 *Best Selling Album IDGAF 015

Solo albums

*''Cinematicüs'' (2020 October 23)

Published books

*''Knott Funni'' *''The Strange Old Man'' *''Kyaung Sar'' (2019)

References

{{authority control Living people 21st-century Burmese male singers Burmese singer-songwriters Punk rock musicians People from Yangon Year of birth missing (living people) People from Bago Region