Chang Sok Suh

As of 2023, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to 975 people and 27 organizations since it was founded in 1901. As of October 2024, two Koreans have become a Nobel laureate: South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and writer Han Kang. Kim was awarded the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to push for national reconciliation between the divided Koreas during a summit meeting in Pyongyang. One American who was born in South Korea to non-Korean parents, Charles J. Pedersen, won the 1987 Nobel Prize i…