S Korea-Ghana-special envoy

S Korea-Ghana-special envoy S. Korea to send special envoy to Ghana's presidential inauguration SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send a senior political aide of President Lee Myung-bak to Ghana's presidential inauguration, the foreign ministry said Friday. Ghana's President-elect John Dramani Mahama will be sworn in next week after winning the December election. Senior presidential secretary for political affairs Lee Dal-gon will leave for Ghana on Monday to attend the inauguration ceremony, ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young said in a statement. South Korea is seeking to deepen economic ties with oil-rich Ghana, which posted a blistering 14.4 percent economic growth in 2011, according to the statement. kdh@yna.co.kr (END)