From the president to K-pop megastars BTS, South Korea erupted into celebration after The Vegetarian author Han Kang won the ...

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Han Kang, South Korea's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was slow to secure global acclaim, ...

Kang is the first Korean writer to win the award. International Writing Program Director Christopher Merrill says several IWP ...

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

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

South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” ...

Nihon Hidankyo is a grass-roots movement of survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The group’s efforts have helped establish a “nuclear taboo,” the Nobel committee said.

A National Geographic documentary team said on Friday that in September they found a boot and the remains of a foot that ...

Han Kang, South Korea's inaugural Nobel Prize in Literature winner, skyrocketed to global fame with the translation of 'The Vegetarian', reflecting her evocative storytelling that delves into Korean ...

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