PETER MASON applauds the revival, 39 years later with the same team and cast, of Manfred Karge’s version of Brecht’s 100-year-old play, Mann Ist Mann
K-pop hits become anthems of South Korea’s protests against President Yoon
HYUN KYONG HANNAH CHANG draws attention to the role that music has always played in South Korean protest
Protesters gather during a rally demanding South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign, in downtown Seoul, South Korea, December 28, 2024. The signs read "Arrest, Yoon Suk Yeol."
[(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)]
New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
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MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a fearless attempt to bring to the stage the 1984 toxic gas disaster in Bhopal, India
ALEX HALL applauds the account of a dogged, traumatic and punishing campaign for justice that has lasted from 1998 to the present day
NICK WRIGHT laments the political bias of an epic attempt to tell the history of the liberation of France from the Nazis, that excludes both the decisive contribution of the Soviet Red Army, and of the French communist party itself
WHEN South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, attempted to institute martial law in early December, the public responded with massive protests.
These protests have continued across the country. On December 14, for example, an estimated one million people gathered outside the National Assembly in the capital, Seoul, as lawmakers convened to vote on the motion to impeach Yoon.
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