The field for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been tallied at 287 nominees, reflecting a broad mix as global conflicts spread.
According to Yonhap News Agency and foreign media reports on the 30th, the Norwegian Nobel Committee registered 287 nominees for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize — 208 individuals and 79 organizations. The total reflects an increase in new nominees from a year earlier. The committee does not release the list, keeping nominations confidential for 50 years, though some names become known when nominators disclose their recommendations.
In South Korea, there is speculation that the country’s civil society could be among the nominees after it became known that figures in the political science community recommended “all citizens,” citing what they described as a nonviolent overcoming of an emergency martial law situation.
President Donald Trump is also being mentioned as a possible nominee after leaders in some countries, including Israel and Pakistan, said they intended to nominate him.
The Nobel Committee has stressed that the peace prize remains important even as international cooperation weakens.
Some foreign media have also suggested that, with the war in Gaza and the situation in Ukraine dragging on, this year’s award could be more likely to go to a humanitarian aid group or to an individual who played a mediating role.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced Oct. 9, and the award ceremony will be held Dec. 10 in Oslo, Norway.