Ban Ki-Moon

by Rebecca Aldridge

As a child in South Korea, Ban Ki-moon wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general regarding the Hungarian uprising against Russia. A few years later in the United States, he met President John F. Kennedy. From then on, Ban desired to work for peace, an aspiration that led him to become South Korea's foreign minister in 2004, at a time when tensions between North Korea and its neighbors were heated. Two years later, he ascended to the position of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604130709
• ISBN13: 9781604130706
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12