In the elite world of the South Korean foreign ministry, where school ties and political connections often pave the way to the top, Ban Ki Moon, the newly named United Nations secretary-general, is an outsider, a self-effacing achiever who rose from the ranks as a plodder.
Ban gets more praise from officials for his bureaucratic hard work and integrity t…
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