Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang's translated novel We Do Not Part leads a strong line-up of new English-language Korean ...

Han Kang received the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature for her “poetic and experimental style” that made her “an innovator in contemporary prose.” She is the first South Korean author and just the 18th ...

JPR's Vanessa Finney gets recommendations for this season's reading from three local booksellers: Lynn and Kat from The Book Exchange and Megan from Bloomsbury Books.

The brief declaration of martial law in South Korea last month has drawn comparisons to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The attempted power grabs could hold lessons for other democracies ...

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it ...

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring ... Han, the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has long been interested in the existence ...

(Tribune News Service) — When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring ... Han, the ...

Since its foundation in 1901, there have only been five Asian and 18 women Nobel Prize in Literature winners out of 121 individuals. In an interview with the Swedish Academy, Han Kang responded that ...

She is the first Asian female author to win the accolade and the second Korean to receive a Nobel Prize, following President Kim Dae-jung (1924-2009), who was awarded the Peace Prize in 2000. Donning ...

SEOUL, 11 December (BelTA - Yonhap) - South Korean novelist Han Kang has made history as the first Korean and the first Asian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Han received a diploma ...

Korean novelist Han Kang has made history as the first Korean and the first Asian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Han received a diploma and a Nobel medal from Sweden's King Carl ...