Scholte Wins Seoul Peace Prize

Always good to see a NK Activist win

Suzanne Scholte, the president of the Defense Forum Foundation ⓒ the Daily NK
The president of the Defense Forum Foundation Suzanne Scholte, who has been working to publicize North Korea human rights issues internationally for more than a decade, has been selected as the winner of the Seoul Peace Prize for this year.

The Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation held the final screening committee meeting on September 3 at the Korea Press Center and subsequently announced Suzanne Scholte as the 9th Seoul Peace Prize laureate.

President Lee Chul Seung of the Seoul Peace Prize Committee revealed that the selection committee decided to give the award to Ms. Scholte after a rigorous and careful screening process.

Note to Nobel Committee, this is promoting peace.