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- Location: Haengchi Village, Sangdang 1-ri, Wonnam-myeon(towns), Eumseong-gun(county), Chungbuk
- Households and population: 52 households, 128 persons
- Characteristics: Approximately 500 years ago, this village was formed by a political faction called ‘Jangjeolgongpa’ from the Gwangju Ban Clan. Now, 15 households descendant from Haengchi Jangjeolgongpa live here. A typical rural village, it is surrounded by Mt. Bodeoksan, and National Road 36 passes through it as well.
- The earthen, straw-roofed house was located at #602-2, Sangdang-ri, Wonnam-myeon(towns), Eumseong-gun(county), Chungbuk. A prefabricated roof was added as a remodel during the New Community Movement called ‘Saemaeul Undong.’ It’s date of construction was unknown and it was removed in March 2002.
- This shrine was constructed on October 22, 2002. The portrait scrolls of five (5) ancestors and thirty (30) ancestor tablets are enshrined here. Rites are held on October 3 (lunar calendar) every year.
- The only genealogical record in Korea to be engraved on a stone tablet, it was engraved by the Haengchi families of Jangjeolgongpa from the Gwangju Ban Clan on October 22, 2002.
- This 2.0m-wide, 2.0m-long and 3.0m-tall moment was built next to the birthhome of Ban Ki-moon by the families of Jangjeolgongpa from the Gwangju Ban Clan on June 8, 2007. The poem - “Oh, my precious mighty mountain that bears the world in mind” - is carved on the front of the monument in commemoration of the inauguration of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On the back is engraved another poem – “Deepest admiration”--to congratulate the inauguration of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- Born in Sangdang-ri, Wonnam-myeon(towns), Eumseong-gun(county), Chungbuk on June 13, 1944
- Education: B.A. degree in diplomacy from Seoul National University, M.A. degree in public administration from Harvard University
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ban ki-moon Experience Jan. 2007 Inaugurated as the 8th UN Secretary-General Jan. 2004 Inaugurated as the 33rd Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Feb. 2003 Appointed as the foreign policy advisor to the president Sep. 2002 Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade May. 2001 Korean ambassador to the United Nations (Secretary to the 56th UN General Assembly) Jan. 2000 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade May. 1998 Korean ambassador to Austria and the United Nations Office at Vienna Nov. 1996 Senior Secretary for Foreign Affairs and National Security Jan. 1996 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Feb. 1992 Special advisor to the president (Vice chairman of the South-North (Korea) Joint Nuclear Control Commission) Jun. 1990 Director-General of American Affairs Nov. 1980 Department manager at the United Nations Feb. 1978 The 1st secretary at the United Nations Sep. 1972 Vice consul in New Delhi, India Feb. 1970 Passed the 3rd High Diplomatic Service Exam -
ban ki-moon Awards and Honors 2006 Awarded the Gran Cruz del Sol (Great Cross of the Sun), Peru’s highest Order of Diplomatic Service Merit, and Order of Service Merit Medal (Blue Stripes) 2004 Awarded a prize at Van Fleet Award (The Korea Society) 2002 Awarded the Grand Cross of Rio Blanco from the government of Brazil 2001 Received the Grand Decoration of Honor from the Republic of Austria 1998 the Order of Service Merit Medal (Red Stripes) 1975 Received the Order of Service Merit Medal (Green Stripes) 
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was born in Haengchi Village, Sangdang 1-ri, Wonnam-myeon(towns), Eumseong-gun(county), Chungbuk in 1944. In his youth, he was an excellent student. In high school, he won a Red Cross-sponsored English competition, which earned him a trip to the United States. During that trip, he visited the White House and met U.S. President John F. Kennedy, which inspired to become a diplomat, minister and ultimately UN Secretary-General.
Despite poor family circumstances, he studied relentlessly and earned a B.A. in diplomacy from Seoul National University. In 1970, he passed the 3rd High Diplomatic Service Exam, ranking second among the test-takers. He completed the young diplomat training program as the best trainee and was posted to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States of America but chose instead to go to the South Korean Embassy (Consulate) in India. He had a successful career with rapid promotions and became a chief commissioner in 1987.
In 2001 he stepped down from the vice minister’s post because of an ABM incident caused by one of his staff members. Four months later he was back, appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. When the minister Han Seung-su became a chair of the UN General Assembly, Ban was appointed as a secretary to the chair and Ambassador to the UN in New York. While his position as director in the UN has sometimes been disparaged, this work experience was a great help when he was finally appointed as the 8th UN Secretary-General.
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