Han Kang was born in Gwangju in 1970, moved to Seoul around age nine, and received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her father is novelist Han Seung-won, a native of Jangheung.
The verifiable link between Han Kang and Jangheung is therefore familial and connected to her father’s literary life. Claims presenting Jangheung as her birthplace, residence, or a proven direct root of her work have been removed.