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For the Global Thinker

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Why Ban Ki-moon is the world's most dangerous Korean

I have been saying that Ban Ki Moon is a pariah since last year and finally the media has taken notice...


http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/06/19/nowhere_man



"....though, Ban Ki-moon appears to have set the standard for failure. It's not that Ban has committed any particularly egregious mistakes in his 2½ years on the job. But at a time when global leadership is urgently needed, when climate change and international terrorism and the biggest financial crisis in 60 years might seem to require some—any!—response, the former South Korean foreign minister has instead been trotting the globe collecting honorary degrees, issuing utterly forgettable statements, and generally frittering away any influence he might command. He has become a kind of accidental tourist, a dilettante on the international stage."

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