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Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize
A set of annual international awards established by Swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel in 1895. The Nobel Prize recognises achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace.
Chien-Shiung Wu’s experiment is sometimes referred to as the most important physics experiment ever conducted. Illustration: Samuel Porteous
History

Wu Chien-shiung, the Chinese scientist who helped make America’s atomic bomb

From a young girl in a small village near Shanghai to one of the most consequential physicists of the 20th century, Wu was often overlooked.

United States

Opinion | Trump’s attack on science risks dismantling a century of innovation

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh bans former ruling party citing anti-terrorism legislation

Books and literature

A peek inside Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new book, Light and Thread

Consisting of 12 essays and poems, Light and Thread is Han’s first book since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in October 2024.

Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2024, is the author of a number of acclaimed books including The Vegetarian, Human Acts and We Do Not Part. Photo: AFP
Bangladesh

Bangladesh court detains 70 lawyers tied to toppled government

All of the lawyers belonged to the party of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India following a student-led uprising in 2024.

Americas and the Caribbean

Costa Rica’s Nobel-winning ex-president loses US visa

Two-time president Oscar Arias won the Nobel in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in Central America.

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South Korea

‘Even Republicans will laugh at this’: South Korean party backs Trump for Nobel

The proposal, based on Trump’s role in promotion of peace on the Korean peninsula, has sparked criticism and political backlash.

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A flag showing Donald Trump depicted as Rambo is held by a supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol during a rally in Seoul on January 16. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong economy

Nobel winner urges ‘amazing’ Hong Kong to keep hold of what made it a success

Professor James Robinson calls Hong Kong one of the ‘great economic success stories in world history’.

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China's economic recovery

Nobel Prize-winning research gains traction in China to aid private sector

Hu Deping, son of a late former liberal leader, calls for rethink inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research and better protection for private enterprises.

Japan

Japan’s atomic bomb survivors receive Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

The Nihon Hidankyo group aims to energise nuclear disarmament efforts with their powerful testimonies amid rising concerns.

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Representatives of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu Tanaka and Toshiyuki Mimaki attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 10. Photo: Reuters.
Iran

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner gets 3-week reprieve from prison after surgery

Narges Mohammadi’s release on medical grounds sparks calls for permanent freedom and adequate healthcare.

Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. File photo: Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AFP
Bangladesh

My Take | ‘Worse than before’: Bangladesh’s turmoil grows as Yunus tries to restore order

Muhammad Yunus faces challenges in restoring order and reviving Bangladesh’s economy amid ethnic tensions and urgent calls for new elections.

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Books and literature

Literary but not literal, translator introduces Korean writers to the world

Award-winning translator Brother Anthony ponders Nobel Prize hype and the complexities of translating Korean poems and novels into English.

Science

Wilczek’s Multiverse | From physics to mind: where AI really came from

Despite grumbles in the scientific community, the Nobel Prize for Physics going to artificial intelligence pioneers was inspired.

Frank Wilczek. Photo: Niklas Björling at Stockholm University
Science

China’s quantum computing leap risks stumbling into a talent-innovation void

China has a critical need for top hi-tech talent, but must overcome internal risks that hinder inspiration and ingenuity, leading academic says.

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The Zuchongzhi quantum computer. Like other sciences, China’s tech sector faces challenges from a lack of talent as well as its own “involution”. Photo: USTC
Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s student protesters demand president’s resignation

They are urging the president to resign over his comments that appeared to call into doubt former PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation in August.

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South Korea

Nobel winner Han Kang’s book faces backlash from South Korean parents

More than 10,000 people have signed a petition demanding the book’s removal from school libraries.

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ICBMs

Opinion | Bomb survivors’ Nobel Prize a reminder to world on edge of nuclear war

As the world lurches towards nuclear conflict, we cannot afford to forget the catastrophe unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Books and literature

Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for Literature

South Korean author Han Kang has made history as the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

US-China relations

Chinese economists call for reforms of ‘critical’ system after Nobel Prize

The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics published extensively on the relationships between political and economic institutions and wealth.

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Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel Prize in economics

The award concludes a week of prizes including medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and the coveted peace prize.

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Members of the Nobel assembly announce the 2024 prize in economics, awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson, seen on screen, during a press conference in Stockholm on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Japan

Video | Hiroshima bomb survivors find sense of duty after Nobel win

Atomic bomb survivors renew call for nuclear weapons ban after Nobel Peace Prize win
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Japan

Nobel Prize an important reminder, Hiroshima locals say

With war in Ukraine and the Middle East, Hiroshima residents hope that the world never forgets the atomic bombing of 1945.

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Japan

Japanese atomic bomb survivor group wins 2024 Nobel Peace Price

Nihon Hidankyo was awarded the prize for its decades of efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.

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South Korea

Video | South Koreans welcome Nobel Literature Prize win

South Koreans celebrate after author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Literature Prize
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Books and literature

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Literature Prize

Han was awarded the prize ‘for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’.

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Han Kang is the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel literature prize. Photo: Reuters
Medicine

Nobel chemistry prize awarded to scientist trio for protein structure work

Winners of this year’s Nobel will receive a cash prize and medal on December 10, followed by a lavish banquet in Stockholm city hall.

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Science

‘Godfather of AI’ among 2 scientists to win 2024 Nobel Prize in physics

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were given the honour for pioneering work in artificial intelligence development.

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