Original: Ban Ki-moon (hanja: æ 1\/2 å æ -; born 13 June 1944) is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007.
Simplified: Ban Ki-moon (born June 13 1944 in Eumseong, North Chungcheong, Korea) is a South Korean former politician. He became the Secretary-General of the United Nations on January 1, 2007, after Kofi Annan.