Han Kang won the Nobel Prize for Literature..."Sharing the meaning of consultation with those who confront violence"

Introduction to the Han River..."Voice of cruelty and loss"
"Vulnerable but moving forward"
The speech of the award in English at the banquet..."Language, thread that connects us".

[Anchor]
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.

Author Han Kang said reading and writing literary works is against life-destroying acts and wants to share the meaning of consultation with those who face violence.

Correspondent Jo Su-hyun reports.

[Reporter]
[Ellen Matthorne / Swedish Academy: Dear writer Han Kang, it is an honor to express your warm congratulations on behalf of Swedish Academy]

Novelist Han Kang wearing a black dress heads to the stage of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Smile brightly after receiving a medal and a Nobel Prize certificate from King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden.

Prior to the award, Ellen Matthorne, a Swedish Academy life member, introduced Han Kang's voice, which speaks of cruelty and loss, as small as it is small.

He then evaluated that the characters in the Han River's world are vulnerable but have the power to go one step further or ask questions.

Han said at an award banquet that language is the thread that connects us, and literature is against all life-destroying acts.

[Han Kang / Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature] Reading and writing works of literature is against all life-destroying activities. I want to share the meaning of this award given to literature with you who stand together against violence.]

Han Kang is the first Korean and the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Swedish people as well as travelers from all over the world congratulated them on the water on the Han River.

[Rota / Stockholm Citizen] I know about the Han River. It's good news that a woman receives the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Han River has been attending several official events over the week, including a lecture on the world of works over 30 years on the 7th and a critical voice of Korea's martial law at a press conference on the 6th.

Writer Han Kang will conclude all the Nobel Prize-related schedules on the 12th after talks with local translators.

I'm Jo Soo-hyun of YTN in Stockholm.

Filming: Yoo Hyun-woo Video Editing: Kim Ji-yeon