Park Sun-won, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The reason is that President Trump contributed to peace on the Korean Peninsula by facilitating North American dialogue during his first term.
Cho Seung-rae, the Democratic Party's chief spokesman, met with reporters after a high-level strategy meeting on the 3rd and noted, "Representative Park has experience of engaging in North American dialogue during the Trump administration and the Moon Jae-in administration," adding, "Based on that experience, the Nobel Prize nomination was made."
On that day, Representative Park was spotted talking with party leader Lee Jae-myung and Supreme Council member Kim Min-seok in the National Assembly plenary session while showing them a notebook. The notebook contained the note 'Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination letter - Submitted and received by the Norwegian Commissioner - Notification from the U.S. side (confidential for the time being) (report to the White House planned).' It is reported that Representative Park informed Joseph Yun, the acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, about the nomination of President Trump.
However, it is said that the nomination of President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize was initiated individually by Representative Park. The chief spokesman Cho noted, "Representative Park made the nomination based on her own judgment, and the nomination was already made because the deadline was on the 30th of last month," and added, "She shared the results with leader Lee and Supreme Council member Kim." He further clarified, "It wasn't a consensus with the party leadership; there was only a hint that she would like to make the nomination."
In 2019, when the Trump administration held a summit with North Korea, the Moon Jae-in administration did not nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. At that time, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.