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South Korea’s president thinks Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize

Published 13:18 30 Apr 2018 BST

Updated 13:20 30 Apr 2018 BST

Kyle Picknell
South Korea’s president thinks Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize

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Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un signed a peace accord on Friday.

Donald Trump has been tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize by the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, after his role in talks between the two Korean nations last week. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made history when he stepped across the border to meet Moon Jae-in, becoming the first leader to cross the Military Demarcation Line since the end of the Korean War in 1953, 65 years ago. Jong-un has also announced that North Korea will stop testing nuclear weapons and according to the South Korean President, Trump deserves "big credit". Moon Jae-in said he was “confident a new era of peace will unfold on the Korean peninsula” following a historic summit at which both men pledged to end the 68 year-long conflict and work towards “complete denuclearisation”. “President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace,” announced the South Korean leader during a cabinet meeting on Monday. He is due to meet Trump in person at another summit in late May. He might have a different opinion then.

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South Korea's president thinks Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize