South Korean President Moon Jae-in says Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize
Moon’s Nobel Prize comment was in response to a congratulatory message from the widow of late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, in which she said Moon deserved to win the prize, according to an official
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 01 May, 2018, 1:05am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 01 May, 2018, 1:37am
Related topics
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said US President Donald Trump deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the stand-off with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, a South Korean official said on Monday.
“President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace,” Moon told a meeting of senior secretaries, according to a presidential Blue House official who briefed media.
Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday pledged at a summit to end hostilities between their countries and work toward the “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean peninsula.
Moon’s Nobel Prize comment came in response to a congratulatory message from Lee Hee-ho, the widow of late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, in which she said Moon deserved to win the prize, the Blue House official said.
Moon responded by saying Trump should get it.
The upcoming Trump-Kim meeting was the main subject of a private walk and chat that Kim and Moon had during their meeting at the border, the official said.
Donald Trump suggests meeting Kim Jong-un at Peace House by North and South Korean border
Trump said his summit with Kim would take place in the next three to four weeks.
The Trump administration has led a global effort to impose ever stricter sanctions on North Korea, and Trump exchanged bellicose threats with Kim in the past year over North Korea’s development of nuclear missiles capable of reaching the United States.
In January, Moon said Trump “deserves big credit for bringing about the inter-Korean talks. It could be a resulting work of the US-led sanctions and pressure”.
Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize just months into his presidency, an award many thought was premature, given that he had little to show for his peace efforts beyond rhetoric.
Even Obama said he was surprised, and by the time he collected the prize in Oslo at the end of that year, he had ordered the tripling of US troops in Afghanistan.
As well as Obama, three US presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter.
It’s no joke: the North Korean nuclear crisis could get Trump the Nobel Peace Prize
Trump on Monday suggested his planned meeting with Kim take place at the Peace House on the border between North and South Korea.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that Trump would maintain a “pressure campaign” of harsh sanctions on North Korea until Kim scraps his nuclear weapon programme.
Most Popular
Viewed
- 1
![Ocean Network Canada confirms addition of hi-tech sensors built by Chinese scientists to its marine observatories in Pacific Ocean
US state department has ‘nothing to say’ on matter]( "Ocean Network Canada confirms addition of hi-tech sensors built by Chinese scientists to its marine observatories in Pacific Ocean
US state department has ‘nothing to say’ on matter")
- 2
![Beijing officials have been hamstrung in the trade war by think tanks serving only their backers’ interest. Photo: Shutterstock]( "Beijing officials have been hamstrung in the trade war by think tanks serving only their backers’ interest. Photo: Shutterstock")
- 3
![Trip comes as Beijing confronts slowing growth, falling share prices and mounting debt
Observers say entrepreneurs might not be sold on official attempts to reassure them about their role in the economy]( "Trip comes as Beijing confronts slowing growth, falling share prices and mounting debt
Observers say entrepreneurs might not be sold on official attempts to reassure them about their role in the economy")
- 4
![Video shows a man hurling racist insults at an elderly black woman in same row
Flight attendants failed to eject him from the flight]( "Video shows a man hurling racist insults at an elderly black woman in same row
Flight attendants failed to eject him from the flight")
- 5
![Lee Kum Kee International Young Chef Chinese Culinary Challenge 2018 inspires innovation by young chefs from around the world]()
Shared
- 1
![Ocean Network Canada confirms addition of hi-tech sensors built by Chinese scientists to its marine observatories in Pacific Ocean
US state department has ‘nothing to say’ on matter]( "Ocean Network Canada confirms addition of hi-tech sensors built by Chinese scientists to its marine observatories in Pacific Ocean
US state department has ‘nothing to say’ on matter")
- 2
![Lee Kum Kee International Young Chef Chinese Culinary Challenge 2018 inspires innovation by young chefs from around the world]()
- 3
![Beijing officials have been hamstrung in the trade war by think tanks serving only their backers’ interest. Photo: Shutterstock]( "Beijing officials have been hamstrung in the trade war by think tanks serving only their backers’ interest. Photo: Shutterstock")
- 4
![A Chinese task force has been working flat out to tackle the problems facing the country’s stock market and economy. Photo: AP]( "A Chinese task force has been working flat out to tackle the problems facing the country’s stock market and economy. Photo: AP")
- 5
![A portion of the bridge which leads to a tunnel section. Photo: Martin Chan]( "A portion of the bridge which leads to a tunnel section. Photo: Martin Chan")
Commented
- 1
![Farmer Don Bloss checks on the operation of an auger transferring corn on his farm in Pawnee City, Nebraska. The US Department of Agriculture in August announced a US$12 billion aid package to offset the effects of retaliatory tariffs from China, which have struck farmers who produce exports to China especially hard. Photo: AP]( "Farmer Don Bloss checks on the operation of an auger transferring corn on his farm in Pawnee City, Nebraska. The US Department of Agriculture in August announced a US$12 billion aid package to offset the effects of retaliatory tariffs from China, which have struck farmers who produce exports to China especially hard. Photo: AP")
- 2
![Protestors demanding they wanted to return their properties to Vanke, outside the company’s headquarters in Beijing last week. Photo: Yangpeng Zheng]( "Protestors demanding they wanted to return their properties to Vanke, outside the company’s headquarters in Beijing last week. Photo: Yangpeng Zheng")
- 3
![As many as 20 per cent of mid to senior-level company employees around the world think the trade war will hit the US harder than China, according to a Bloomberg survey. Photo: Reuters]( "As many as 20 per cent of mid to senior-level company employees around the world think the trade war will hit the US harder than China, according to a Bloomberg survey. Photo: Reuters")
- 4
![Hong Kong’s MPF ranked 32nd on a list of 34 global pension schemes in terms of adequacy]( "Hong Kong’s MPF ranked 32nd on a list of 34 global pension schemes in terms of adequacy")
- 5
![People attend the 2017 Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh. File photo: AFP]( "People attend the 2017 Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh. File photo: AFP")
You may also like
Sir Antonio Pappano’s musical journey brings him to Hong Kong
In partnership with: Leisure and Cultural Services Department
ATLAS to expand ventures after securing HK$6.8 billion investment
Sponsored by: ATLAS
Comments: