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Nobel Prize winner Han Kang hopes 'Human Acts' will be access road to understanding Gwangju uprising
Han Kang, this year's laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature, hopes her novel "Human Acts" will be an access road to understanding the May 18, 1980, pro-democracy people's uprising in Gwangju to ...
Atrocities Made a South Korean City Infamous. A Novelist Made It Immortal.
The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, ...
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Han Kang heavily influenced by past martial law declaration in her hometown Gwangju
"I told myself I would write a novel that takes another step towards light and warmth [...] but realized that something ...
Yoon's martial law resurrects Gwangju's spirit
On the evening of Dec. 3, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law to the nation's shock. “Are we reliving the ...
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South Korea is still haunted by the Gwangju Uprising
The news that President Yoon had instated martial law on Tuesday hit me hard. The last time martial law was declared in South ...
After Yoon's martial law order, South Korean protester recalls strongman military rule
Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread ...
South Korea’s martial law crisis stirs memories of 1980 Gwangju massacre
In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
For South Koreans, martial law declaration brought back painful memories
The East Asian democracy’s long history of military rule loomed large for the public as President Yoon Suk Yeol faced backlash against his emergency martial law.
Celebrations of winning the Han River Nobel Prize in Gwangju and Jeonnam followed one after another
Various celebrations were held in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province to celebrate Han's historic Nobel Prize in Literature.In Jangheung, Jeollanam-do, where ...
"Light of Hope" Han Kang won the Nobel Prize for Literature...A series of celebrations in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do
Anchor] Various celebrations were held in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province to celebrate Han Kang's first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in ...
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Han talks about martial law and Gwangju at lecture commemorating Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize laureate in Literature Han Kang smiles as she receives a bouquet of flowers after her lecture titled Light and Thread at the Swedish Academy on December 7 (local time). AP Yonhap News ...