Ban mourns Korean A-bomb victims

Ban mourns Korean A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L), a South Korean national, and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (next to Ban) offer a moment of silent prayer after laying flowers at a cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2010.

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek (C), calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010.

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek, calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010.

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (R) offer a wreath at a cenotaph marking the site of ground zero during the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010.

U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) and his wife Ban Soon Taek attend a Japanese tea ceremony and are served by Urasenke tea master Genshitsu Sen in Kyoto on June 28. Ban arrived in Japan the same day, the first leg of his two-week Asia tour.

U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) and his wife Ban Soon Taek attend a Japanese tea ceremony and are served by Urasenke tea master Genshitsu Sen in Kyoto on June 28. Ban arrived in Japan the same day, the first leg of his two-week Asia tour. (Kyodo)

U.N. Secretary General Ban meets with Emperor Akihito

U.N. Secretary General Ban meets with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 30. Empress Michiko (3rd from R) talks with Ban's wife Yoo Soon Taek (R). (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

International Day of Yoga celebrated at U.N headquarters

International Day of Yoga celebrated at U.N headquarters

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (front) perform yoga at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 21, to mark the first International Day of Yoga. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ceremony marks return of Peace Bell to Japanese Garden at U.N.

Ceremony marks return of Peace Bell to Japanese Garden at U.N.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek ring the Peace Bell, donated 61 years ago by peace activist and former city mayor Chiyoji Nakagawa, during a ceremony to mark the return of the bell to the renovated Japanese Garden at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.N. chief Ban visits tsunami-hit area in Sendai, northeast Japan

U.N. chief Ban visits tsunami-hit area in Sendai, northeast Japan

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from R, front row) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (far R) visit the 2011 tsunami-engulfed Minamigamo district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to see the traditional "sparrow dance" performed by local children on March 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.N. Secretary General Ban meets with Emperor Akihito

U.N. Secretary General Ban meets with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from L) shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 30. At left is Ban's wife Yoo Soon Taek and at right is Empress Michiko. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Ban mourns Korean A-bomb victims

Ban mourns Korean A-bomb victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L), a South Korean national, and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (next to Ban) offer a moment of silent prayer after laying flowers at a cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek (C), calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R), flanked by his wife Yoo Soon Taek, calls for nuclear disarmament in a speech in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

U.N. chief speaks in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon Taek (R) offer a wreath at a cenotaph marking the site of ground zero during the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)