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The New York Times8mon
A Woman Won South Korea’s First Literature Nobel. That Says a Lot.
That Nobel and now the one for Ms. Han are both deeply tied to South Korea’s tumultuous modern history, which has been marked by the division of the Korean Peninsula, a war, military ...
Oregonian8mon
South Korea’s Han Kang awarded Nobel Prize in literature, heralded for ‘intense poetic prose.’ - oregonlive
A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in Korea and Europe, Han is the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel literature prize.
NBC Bay Area8mon
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' - NBC Bay Area
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' The literature prize has been male-dominated, with just 17 women among its 119 laureates so far ...
The New Yorker9y
Can a Big Government Push Bring the Nobel Prize in Literature to South Korea? - The New Yorker
To win the Nobel, South Korea must first produce books the Nobel committee can read, and the pressure to do that falls squarely on the L.T.I. Yun Jang, a literature enthusiast I met at last year ...
Hosted on MSN8mon
Nobel laureates praise Korea’s economic rise, warn of aging population challenges - MSN
This year's Nobel economics prize laureates on Monday applauded South Korea's economic rise, a key subject of their research, but pointed out a set of challenges ahead, including the fast-graying ...
WRAL7y
A Trump Nobel Peace Prize? South Korea’s Leader Likes the Idea - WRAL
SEOUL, South Korea — Several months ago, South Koreans considered President Donald Trump as dangerous as North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, as the two traded threats of nuclear annihilation.
Newsday8mon
Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She's the first South Korean to do so - Newsday
South Korean author Han Kang poses for the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
NPR7y
Trump Should Win The Nobel Peace Prize, South Korea's Moon Says
Congratulated for an apparent breakthrough in relations between South Korea and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said, "It's President Trump who should receive the Nobel Prize." ...
NBC New York8mon
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' - NBC New York
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' The literature prize has been male-dominated, with just 17 women among its 119 laureates so far ...
NBC Chicago8mon
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' - NBC Chicago
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' The literature prize has been male-dominated, with just 17 women among its 119 laureates so far ...
NBC Washington8mon
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' - NBC4 Washington
Nobel Prize in literature goes to South Korea's Han Kang for ‘intense poetic prose' The literature prize has been male-dominated, with just 17 women among its 119 laureates so far ...