BF2S Forums Ban Ki Moon - Your thoughts

As someone who lived in Korea for 4 years including the first year of his term as foreign minister I am definitely not a fan of his work nor his efforts. Rather than a strong leader, he's a career bureaucrat (Koreans call him 반주사 Ban Ju Sa or "Junior Administrator Ban") who got where he is primarily by keeping his head down and his superiors happy. He's also part of the "Sunshine Policy" nonsense as begun by former pres Kim Dae Jung and ham-handedly perpetuated by the current Woori Party / No Moo Hyun regime by which the South Korean government falls all over themselves to coddle North Korea. They seem to believe the North Korean regime is a scared and angry kitty that needs nothing more than a soft touch and a warm bowl of milk. All carrot, no stick. The South Korean press is actually NOT ALLOWED to write anything negative about North Korea, so all of those execution/starving child videos on youtube? Primetime news in Japan. Meanwhile Seoul news shows nothing but Michelle Wie. A decade later, we can see the results this policy has had on North Korea's relations with the South and with the rest of the world: ZERO TO WORSE. I'd expect much more of this inaction, lack of leadership, and lack of any good ideas to continue throughout Ban's tenure as head of the UN.

The_Shipbuilder wrote:

As someone who lived in Korea for 4 years including the first year of his term as foreign minister I am definitely not a fan of his work nor his efforts. Rather than a strong leader, he's a career bureaucrat (Koreans call him 반주사 Ban Ju Sa or "Junior Administrator Ban") who got where he is primarily by keeping his head down and his superiors happy. He's also part of the "Sunshine Policy" nonsense as begun by former pres Kim Dae Jung and ham-handedly perpetuated by the current Woori Party / No Moo Hyun regime by which the South Korean government falls all over themselves to coddle North Korea. They seem to believe the North Korean regime is a scared and angry kitty that needs nothing more than a soft touch and a warm bowl of milk. All carrot, no stick. The South Korean press is actually NOT ALLOWED to write anything negative about North Korea, so all of those execution/starving child videos on youtube? Primetime news in Japan. Meanwhile Seoul news shows nothing but Michelle Wie. A decade later, we can see the results this policy has had on North Korea's relations with the South and with the rest of the world: ZERO TO WORSE. I'd expect much more of this inaction, lack of leadership, and lack of any good ideas to continue throughout Ban's tenure as head of the UN.

That's a good point, he has been criticized for having no personality.

IG-Calibre wrote:

He's clearly been given the post to appease the US, looks like an accountant, and no doubt will be faceless behind the scenes of the UN, though I couldn't believe and had to laugh at him serenading the Journalists yesterday.. yeah great display of dignity there Mr moon

It's an informal Korean tradition, Calibre. New employees must sing a song to their new co-workers.

The_Shipbuilder wrote:

IG-Calibre wrote:

He's clearly been given the post to appease the US, looks like an accountant, and no doubt will be faceless behind the scenes of the UN, though I couldn't believe and had to laugh at him serenading the Journalists yesterday.. yeah great display of dignity there Mr moon

It's an informal Korean tradition, Calibre. New employees must sing a song to their new co-workers.

Does that also include cracking lame jokes as well? should of sung a traditional Korean song then, and not stumbled through some idiotic rendition of "santa Claus is coming to town" making him look like a fool, first impressions count for a lot, and to me he just looked a complete whab..