Novelist Hwang Sok-yong awarded nation's highest cultural honor

Prominent novelist Hwang Sok-yong (R) poses for a photo with Vice Culture Minister Kim Young-soo in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2025, after receiving the nation's highest cultural honor, the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit, during a ceremony to award this year's contributors to the development of culture and the arts. (Yonhap)

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