New York Times "Hangangang Works Resist Patriarchal Culture"

The New York Times said, "The work of novelist Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a form of resistance to Korean culture."

The New York Times made the diagnosis in an article that said, "A woman's winning Korea's first Nobel Prize in literature says a lot."

In particular, it was reported that the writing shown by Korean female writers, including Han Kang, is a form of resistance to patriarchal, sometimes misogynistic, Korean culture.

In Korea, where women are still discriminated against in politics, economy, and news media, literature is a channel for women to express their power, he said.

Han also said, "I am a woman of a certain generation who grew up in a country with a patriarchal system and a modern history of violence," adding, "This speaks to his work."