The Nobel Prize is awarded in five categories—physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace—by committees ... for the renowned award. Their thoughts are below: ...

She further emphasized that "science, literature and peace offer ... author Mo Yan was awarded in 2012. Her award marks South Korea's second Nobel Prize, following the peace prize awarded to ...

Across the first half of the 20th century few women went on to third-level education and, of these, fewer took science ...

Han, awarded by the Nobel committee “for her intense ... is South Korea's first writer to win the preeminent award in world literature. President Yoon Suk Yeol sent heavily armed soldiers ...

More than 150 recipients of the Nobel and World Food prizes have released an open letter calling for a dramatic increase in ...

Since its foundation in 1901, there have only been five Asian and 18 women Nobel Prize in Literature winners out of 121 individuals. In an interview with the Swedish Academy, Han Kang responded that ...

At the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, novelist Han Kang became the first Korean and first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Han River received a medal and a Nobel ...

Han’s award was introduced by author Ellen Mattson, a member of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Committee for Literature. “Two colors meet in Han Kang’s writing: white and red,” Mattson ...