Roughly 70,000 Buddhist monks in Cambodia have endorsed a proposal to nominate former U.S. president Donald Trump for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, according to multiple statements circulating among Cambodian religious groups and local media. The clerics credit Trump with helping to end the long-running border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand, saying his involvement created conditions for a negotiated settlement. The campaign adds an unexpected Southeast Asian dimension to the annual prize, which is decided by the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee. While the committee does not disclose nominees, qualified nominators—including national legislators, government ministers and certain academics—have until 31 January to submit names for the 2025 award. Separate from the monks’ appeal, prediction markets on two widely used platforms show Trump’s implied probability of winning the Peace Prize rising in recent days, making him one of the better-backed potential candidates alongside figures such as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Nobel Committee is scheduled to announce the laureate in October 2025.