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Foreign Community events this week
By Jon Dunbar
Seoul Players brings back 10 Minute Play Festival
brings back its 9th annual
this weekend, presenting 14 short plays selected from nearly 400 submissions.
Separated into two programs of seven and eight plays each, Program A starts Friday at 9 p.m. and again on Saturday at 4 p.m., and Program B starts Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. Audience members will vote on the best four, which will be staged again on Nov. 23 in front of a panel of judges.
Seoul Players is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based English-language theater group founded in 2001.
Photo exhibition reveals Hong Kong protest movement
Gallery We.AN near Hongik University is holding a
this weekend to spread understanding about Hong Kong's ongoing protest movement.
The movement started on March 15, triggered by a proposed extradition bill which protesters feared would have placed Hong Kong residents and visitors under mainland China's legal jurisdiction, undermining regional autonomy and civil liberties. The bill has since been rescinded, but the protest has continued, now focusing more on democratic freedom and police accountability.
The exhibition is open Friday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit
for more information.