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An artificial island built on the Han river as part of the Future Hangang Project. | Photo Credit: Swathi Vadlamudi On the second day of their Seoul visit, the delegation from Telangana visited the Han river front, and learnt about the efforts over the past 15 years to turn the river into a recreational destination […]
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South Korean writer Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature, signs autographs during the 18th Pony Chung Innovation Award ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday (October 17, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Author Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, said on Thursday (October […]
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South Korean author Han Kang speaks to the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea. | Photo Credit: AP In the time of two wars and little accountability, it should not come as a surprise that the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 has gone to South Korean writer Han Kang. Despite her […]
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South Korean author Han Kang in Seoul, South Korea, in 2016. Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption toggle caption Lee Jin-man/AP South Korean author Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the first Korean writer and the eighteenth woman to win the award. In 2016, she […]
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In today’s newsletter, new reporting from Heidi Blake on the Texas doctor who tried to free captive members of the Saudi royal family. But, first, a note about Han Kang, who was just awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. And then: Han Kang.Photograph by Roberto Ricciuti / Getty E. Tammy KimContributing writer This year’s winner […]
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A visitor takes a commemorative photo after buying a book by South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang near the special section at a bookstore in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. The letters read “Congratulations on Han Kang’s the Nobel Prize award.” and “Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature.” | Photo Credit: […]
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