The 'Human Acts' author is 'deeply shocked' by the news of martial law being declared in her homeland
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STOCKHOLM/SEOUL, Sweden/South Korea – South Korean author and Nobel Literature Prize winner Han Kang said on Friday, December 6 she had been deeply shocked by the news ofthis week in her homeland, and that force must not be used to suppress the public. The Swedish Academy lauded Han, the first South Korean to win the literature prize, for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life” when it announced her as the winner in October.
His action sparked a chaotic stand-off between parliament and the army that saw him rescind the decision only hours later.
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