Han Kang: Once vilified for 'daring' to air South Korea's 'dirty laundry', now a national treasure

South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment following Han Kang's historic Nobel Prize win. Major South Korean bookstores sold out of the works of the first Asian woman to win the literary award. Providing the exciting backstory for FRANCE 24's François Picard is Paris-based journalist, author and FRANCE 24 alumnus Euny Hong!


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