A screenshot of a pretend information publish about Han Kang (Fb)
Some pretend information on Han Kang has been circulating on the Korean web, following the information of her changing into Korea’s first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Particularly, one publish falsely claims that Han determined to donate her prize cash of 11 million Swedish krona ($1.05 million) to assist peace initiatives for Dokdo, South Korea’s easternmost islets, on the heart of a historic dispute with Japan. Nevertheless, Han made no such assertion concerning using the prize funds.
The publish, which unfold on Fb, options a picture of Han’s face alongside a photograph of Dokdo and South Korean flags. The pretend information additionally features a fabricated quote attributed to the author: “I’ll donate the complete prize cash to Dokdo for peace.”
Upon clicking on the publish, customers have been redirected to an unrelated web site, in an obvious try to drive giant volumes of net site visitors. The web site in query had different pretend information, together with one claiming that desk tennis participant Shin Yu-bin determined to donate her prize cash to the South Korean army.
Han has remained largely silent following the Nobel Prize announcement final Thursday. Except for a short assertion issued by her writer that she was “deeply grateful” for the award, the writer has prevented public appearances. She is predicted to ship a extra detailed acceptance speech on the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10.
