Unlike the paragon of happiness and fulfilling K-dramas, or the witty cinematics of K-movies, literature in Korea explores a ...

“I send my respects to you for elevating the value of Korean literature.” Han, the daughter of renowned South Korean novelist Han Seung-won, made her publishing debut as a poet in 199 ...

South Korean author Han Kang has been granted this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Thursday. She was chosen for her novel The Vegetarian ...

Korean literature has been increasing its presence in the global market since its potential was first recognized in 2010. Since then, numerous Korean writers have won prestigious global literary ...

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. “It’s pain and it is ...

A TV screen shows a file image of the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, South Korean writer Han Kang, during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday ...

S EOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer ...

STOCKHOLM--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 ...