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The K-Stage Festival, a four-day extravaganza of South Korean performing arts, will kick off at the East Kowloon Cultural Centre in Hong Kong on June 25, following its successful debut in Taiwan in 2025.<\/p>\n

The festival will feature four stage productions: a stage adaptation of the 2011 K-drama Dream High<\/em><\/span><\/a>, about six high school students who dream of being K-pop idols; Jump<\/em>, a comedy about a family of martial arts savants; The Greatest Taekwondo<\/em>, which blends traditional martial arts with modern performance to showcase the spectacle of South Korea\u2019s national sport<\/span><\/a>; and Inside Me<\/em>, a musical about the challenges of social media<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n

Each day will see Dream High<\/em>, Jump<\/em> and The Greatest Taekwondo<\/em> run back-to-back in the matinee slot, while Inside M<\/em>e will run as the main evening show.<\/p>\n

Irene Jung, executive director of the Korean Tourism Organisation Hong Kong office and co-organiser of the event, believes the festival will show South Korean culture in a new light.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe designed this festival to showcase Korean performing arts as a fresh, exciting reason to visit Korea again,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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A scene from The Greatest Taekwondo, which will be performed at the K-Stage Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: K-Stage Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The festival subscribes to the motto: \u201cExperience it in Hong Kong, and enjoy the full show in Korea.\u201d Jung and her fellow organisers carefully selected shows that are popular and long-running in South Korea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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