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| In this January 14, 2017, file photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds hands with his mother Shin Hyun-soon at her home in Chungju. Korea Times file |
By Park Si-soo
The mother of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon died from natural causes on Monday. She was 99.
Ban confirmed the death of his mother Shin Hyun-soon on Tuesday in a Facebook message.
"My mom passed away last night. She lived 99 years and left," Ban wrote. He described his mother as a "devoted and thoughtful woman for her children and neighbors."
Ban expressed his profound sense of loss, writing: "I don't know how much time would be needed for me to see my pain (for the loss) relieved."
Her body is at Yonsei Severance Hospital in Sinchon, Seoul. Her funeral is due Thursday.
Ban serves as chairman of South Korea's presidential committee on the national climate on fine dust pollution.
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| The framed portrait of Shin Hyun-soon at Yonsei Severance Hospital in Sinchon, Seoul. Yonhap |
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| Ban greets Hwang Kyo-ahn, chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, who expressed his condolences. Yonhap |
