At the Singapore Fringe Festival, two plays grapple with forced displacement just as Jom’s reviewer ponders privilege, power asymmetries—and the deeply personal decision-making processes that shape the choice to stay, or to leave.
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In exploring his Korean roots, writer Jonathan Chan uncovers Singapore's long historical links with South Korea. It's a journey that has led to the Republic's decade-long obsession with the East Asian nation's cultural exports, a wave that keeps rising.
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