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SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han ...

From the daily newsletter: the first South Korean to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Plus: the Saudi Princesses held captive ...

While Han Kang’s victory was celebrated as a crowning cultural achievement for her country, her work also represents a form ...

Han Kang, South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to global acclaim, getting her first big ...

South Koreans flocked to book stores on Friday and crashed websites in a frenzy to snap up copies of the work of novelist Han ...

Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local ...

A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in South Korea and Europe, Han is the first Asian ...

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical ...

Han Kang has become the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, with the committee praising her "poetic and ...

SEOUL, South Korea – South Koreans woke up Friday to learn that local author Han Kang had won the Nobel Prize for literature ...

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical ...