President Lee Jae-myung said the news that the people of Korea who blocked the Dec. 3 martial law have been recommended as nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize "was possible because it was Korea, a great nation of Korea that will be a model in human history."
On the night of the 18th, Lee shared a related article on her X (formerly Twitter) account and wrote, "Korea gets it done."
The article Lee shared said that Kim Ui-young, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Seoul National University, and others recommended Korea's "Citizen Collective" as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. The recommenders also included overseas professors such as Pablo Oñate of the University of Valencia in Spain, David Farrell of University College Dublin in Ireland, and Azul Aguial of the University of Guadalajara in Mexico.
In the letter of recommendation, they reportedly described the efforts of the people of Korea who blocked martial law as a "revolution of light" and cited the restoration of constitutional order through civic participation.
On Dec. 3 last year, marking one year since the declaration of martial law, Lee mentioned the possibility of the people of Korea winning the Nobel Peace Prize in a special address to the nation. At the time, Lee said, "I am convinced that our people, who overcame an unprecedented crisis of democracy in world history through peaceful means, are fully qualified to receive the Nobel Peace Prize."