Pope Francis, Hillary Rodham Clinton and former UN chief Ban Ki-Moon will be honored at the upcoming Cinema for Peace gala in Berlin on February 19. The long-running gala run by the Cinema for Peace ...

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he won't run for South Korea's presidency, a surprise announcement that removes a key figure in the scramble to replace impeached President ...

September 30, 2024 — During the 79th meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York, Asia Society hosted several events with leaders from across Asia. 30th Anniversary of the United States-Vietnam ...

Name is pronounced Bahn Gi-moon, with the K uttered as a hard “g.” As a teen, he won a Red Cross-sponsored trip to the United States. He met President John F. Kennedy and decided then that he wanted ...

Ban Ki-moon was born in South Korea and graduated from Seoul University in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations. In 1984 he received a master's degree in public administration from ...

BANGKOK — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made a surprise visit to military-run Myanmar on behalf of a group of elder statesmen that engages in peace-making and human rights initiatives ...

Ban Ki-moon, who served as secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016, slammed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and called on Harvard Kennedy School graduates to take action on the ...

Dec 21, 2016 Dec 21, 2016 Updated Dec 13, 2023 CARBONDALE — Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tried to be “a voice of voiceless people and a defender of defenseless people” ...

India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh Visiting on behalf of the peace-making group The Elders, Ban visited Myanmar and had meetings with junta leaders, ...