SEOUL - Ms Han Kang, the first South Korean and Asian to be decorated with the Nobel Prize in literature, spoke officially ...

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

Novelist Han Kang has made history by becoming the first Asian woman and first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy awarded her the prestigious prize for her “intense ...

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

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 ...

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

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Han Kang's victory Thursday marks a historic moment for South Korea, as she became the country's first-ever Nobel laureate in literature. Speaking at a press conference held outside his writing studio ...