Nippon Hidankyo, a group of victims of the atomic bombing, won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nippon Hidankyo, a group of victims of the Japanese atomic bombing, has been selected as the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel committee said the group had been working for a world without nuclear weapons for nearly 70 years and said the reason for its selection.

Reporter Shin Woong-jin's report.

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[Jorgen Batneh Friednes / Chairman of the Nobel Committee: Norway's Nobel Committee has decided to present the 2024 Peace Prize to the Japanese organization Nippon Hidankyo]

'Nihon Hidankyo' is short for the 'Japan Association of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Victims' and is also referred to as 'Hibakusha' in Japanese, which means an atomic bomb victim.

It started in 1956 as an organization supporting the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

It has sent delegations to various international organizations, including the United Nations, to urge the world to dismantle its nuclear weapons, delivering thousands of testimonies of atomic bomb survivors.

[Yorgen Batneh Friednes / Chairman of the Nobel Committee: Hibakusha (Nihon Hidankyo) received the Peace Prize for his efforts to create a world without nuclear weapons and for his victims' testimonies that nuclear weapons should never be used again]

The Nobel committee said next year will mark 80 years since the U.S. atomic bomb killed about 120,000 Japanese residents, and that today's nuclear weapons are much more powerful and could destroy civilization.

In particular, this year, he explained that conflicts around the world, including the Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan, served as the backdrop for the prime minister.

Asked if Russia's nuclear threat from invading Ukraine had an impact, the Nobel committee said: "It is very important for all of humanity to keep a strong international taboo on the use of nuclear weapons."

"We will continue to appeal to the world to dismantle nuclear weapons and realize permanent peace," said Toshiyuki Mimaki, head of the Nippon Hidankyo.

I'm YTN's Shin Woongjin.