South Koreans are joyful after Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence. Han, known for...

Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She's the first South Korean to do so

STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” A slow-burning...

Nobel Prize in literature awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose"

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nobel Prize in literature awarded to South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose."