'UN Chief Ban Ki-moon to run for South Korea's presidency'
Seoul, Oct 5: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will run for South Korean president next year, a former Prime Minister was quoted by political sources on Wednesday as saying.
"I think Ban has clearly made up his mind," the Korea Times quoted Kim Jong-pil, a former Prime Minister and an iconic conservative politician, as saying during a meeting with close figures last week.
Kim, however, declined to comment further on the background of the remark. Kim met Ban personally during the UN head's visit to South Korea in May.
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Ban-Ki
moon
asks
India,
Pak
to
resolve
issues
through
diplomacy,
offers
to
help
Ban
has
been
cited
as
one
of
the
potential
candidates
for
the
country's
presidential
race
slated
for
late
2017,
although
he
has
never
expressed
a
clear
stance
on
the
speculation.
His
second
five-year
term
as
UN
chief
expires
at
the
end
of
this
year.
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