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South Koreans Seek to Recommend Austrian Nuns for Nobel Prize for Lifetime Service to Leprosy Patients

South Koreans Seek to Recommend Austrian Nuns for Nobel Prize for Lifetime Service to Leprosy Patients

SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s provincial government is moving to launch a committee to recommend two Austrian nuns who worked for local leprosy patients for 40 years for the Nobel Peace Prize, officials said Monday. The envisioned committee will campaign for Marianne Stoeger, 82, and Margareta Pissar, 81, who devoted their life [...]