President Yoon's "Han River Nobel Prize for Literature, a national celebration...a feeling of respect"

President Yoon Suk Yeol congratulated the first Korean novelist Han Kang on being selected as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, saying that it is a great achievement in Korean literary history and a national celebration that the whole nation will rejoice.President Yoon

said on social media, "Like the reason for the selection of Hallimwon, we have sublimated the painful wounds of our modern history into great literary works."

At the same time, he expressed his respect to the writer who raised the value of Korean literature, adding that he hopes to continue to be loved by readers around the world with great works.