ELDER STATESMAN Then-United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon talks to journalists during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry office in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on Aug. 30, 2016. AP FILE PHOTO
BANGKOK: Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon paid a surprise visit to military-run Myanmar on behalf of a group of elder statesmen that engage in peacemaking and human rights initiatives around the world, a South Korean diplomat said on Monday.