South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced the prize in Stockholm on Thursday.

Al Jazeera’s Paul Rhys reports from Stockholm.

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