Young artists from Korea, Canada join hands to create historical musical 'R:LINK'
GAPYEONG — Young artists from Korea and Canada are joining hands to create the historical musical "R:LINK,” based on the Battle of Kapyong, now known as Gapyeong, during the 1950-53 Korean War. Celebrating the 2024-2025 Korea-Canada Year of Cultural Exchanges, students and professors from Korea’s Hanyang University and Canada’s University of Saskatchewan, Capilano University and First Nations University of Canada are co-writing and producing the musical to commemorate the battle. During the Battle of Kapyong, fought in April 1951, the vastly outnumbered United Nations forces — primarily Canadian, Australian and New Zealand — checked the Chinese advance on Korea’s capital, Seoul. “This year is the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation, the 75th year since the Korean War started and marks 62 years of relations between Korea and Canada. When I visited Canada last year … what really surprised me was that so many Canadians remember Gapyeong; they know the name and about the battle. They haven't forgotten,” Culture Minister Yu In-chon said during the event launching the
