South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida deserve a joint nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize for boosting military ties to deter North Korean threats, a top U.S. official said Wednesday.

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell floated the idea as his personal view during an event on U.S.-Japan relations in Washington, where he praised cooperation with Seoul and said there could eventually be “trilateral engagement” on nuclear deterrence.

“If you look at all the various awards of the Nobel Peace Prize, there are some wonderful organizations on landmines and a variety of things, but they