It was a brief flirtation with domestic electoral politics... one that couldn't be any more
unfamiliar to a diplomat and foreign affairs minister of decades and the UN chief of ten
years.
Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon abruptly dropped out of South Korea's
presidential race... leaving the country's ruling conservatives without a clear candidate.
Ji Myung-kil has our top story this evening.
It has been three weeks since former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came back to Korea with what seemed
like presidential ambitions.
But during a press conference on Wednesday,...
Ban told reporters that he has decided not to run.
"I will give up my aspirations to achieve a change in politics and unify the country
under my leadership."
Ban said he was disappointed by the unchanged attitudes and selfishness of some politicians
and came to realize that it is meaningless to walk the same path with them.
Instead, Ban said he would devote his experiences from the UN to doing what he can for the country
as a Korean citizen.
Over at the National Assembly, lawmakers kicked off a month-long extraordinary session.
The ruling Saenuri Party urged the opposition parties to pass livelihood bills and key reform
bills.
"We urge the opposition parties to take responsibility for state affairs... and stop focusing on
presidential ambitions."
The party also vowed to dedicate itself to efforts to revise the Constitution before
this year's presidential election.
This is the first assembly session in 27 years with four political parties represented, and
things seemed to get off to a rocky start.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea expressed concern about lawmakers' ability
to get much done.
"The four political parties haven't agreed on anything relating to these 20 reform bills.
This is serious.
I'm afraid that under the current four-party system... some things might work out or nothing
will."
The 20 bills seek to reform Korea's conglomerates, the media and other entities, while one would
establish an agency to deal with government corruption.
Among the 20, the conservative parties have only agreed to one... which is the opposition
bloc's demand to revise the election law to lower Korea's voting age by one year to 18.
"Starting Thursday,... the leader of each party will address parliament and outline
their ideas for how to manage parliamentary business during this month's extraordinary
session.
Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News."
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