Ban arrived in his home country after ending his second, five-year term in the top UN post late last year.
He has been long viewed as the most powerful contender of the conservative bloc in the next presidential race as President Park Geun-hye was impeached a month earlier and her Saenuri Party saw a drop in public support.
Local media outlets have speculated that Ban actually unveiled his willingness to run for president though he has never officially declared his candidacy.
Ban said his country should end various internal divisions, including wealth inequality and conflicts in ideologies, regions and generations, stressing that the grand unity must be achieved.
The established and the hegemony, he said, must not exist any longer, holding all of the leadership responsible for the current turmoil facing South Korea.
The former South Korean career diplomat reiterated his pledge to devote himself to his homeland, saying public wish shown in the square must be cherished.
Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets every Saturday night since the scandal involving the impeached president emerged in late October last year. Protesters demanded the first South Korean female leader step down voluntarily.
[china.org.cn/Xinhua]
12/1/17
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