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 ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with leaders of Northern and Southern Cyprus to support negotiations for a "united Cyprus". Ban: "A mutually beneficial solution requires courage, flexibility, a ...

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 ...

The United Nations could not function without the United States. While every UN member must contribute to the organization’s budget to fund administrative costs, the United States contributes more ...

South Korea's Ban Ki-Moon starts work today as the new secretary-general of the United Nations. He says he will pay particular attention to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and the nuclear standoff with ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is worried by the collapse of the Middle East peace talks brokered by Jordan and by the Palestinians’ drive for UN recognition. In an interview with Haaretz, Ban said ...

Former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon addresses an opening ceremony for Korea House, South Korea's hospitality space for ...

The decision was as much about honoring Ban as sending a message about Mongolia’s commitment to the United Nations and its contribution to global goals. President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa (left) confers the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General ...

In his last public appearance as UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon congratulated the institution on becoming a member of United Nations Academic Impact and he congratulated the Paul Simon Institute on ...