SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, one of the world’s most recognized South Koreans, announced Wednesday he will not stand for the presidency of his country. Ban returned home last month after a decade in New York and was widely expected to run in elections due this year, but his putative candidacy ran into a series of stumbles. “I will withdraw from politics,” he told reporters at a press conference. […]