K-novels steal limelight from K-pop

Well deserved: A visitor holding up books by Han. — AP

From the president to K-pop megastars BTS, South Korea erupted into celebration after The Vegetarian author Han Kang won the country’s first Nobel Prize for literature.

The 53-year-old, who also won the Booker Prize in 2016, has long been a key – if somewhat reluctant – figure helping to bring contemporary Korean literature to global attention.