Trump isn’t the only one wanting a Nobel, Kim does too, report says
window.havePowaBoot=true; By Simon Denyer Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea. Email Bio Follow February 27 at 7:14 AM HANOI — President Trump thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to make peace with North Korea. Now, it appears North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might want one, too.
Kim Myong-Chol, executive director of the Center for Korean-American Peace and an unofficial spokesman for the North Korean government in Japan, told Britain’s Telegraph newspaper that he believed Trump deserved the prize but that “Mr. Kim would not turn the honor down if it was given to both of them together.” “It would be a great honor and one that indicates that things on the Korean Peninsula are going in a very favorable direction.
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