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Ban Ki-moon

The departing U.N. Secretary-General reflects on Trump, global citizenship and the future of disarmament

The President of your home country of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, has been impeached. Do you have any interest in running for President? I will have to discuss with some leaders of Korean society what and how I can contribute to my motherland. Korea has achieved democratic institutions and democratic maturity and also economic success. I’m

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