Shin Hak-yong

Shin Hak-yong went from court clerk to judicial scrivener to a three-term member of the National Assembly. Born in the port city of Incheon in 1952, schooled at Jemulpo High and then the Korea National Defense University, he reads to me as someone shaped by discipline and a sense of duty to country. I find people like him quietly compelling precisely because they don't court attention. He also headed the Korea Association of Judicial Scriveners while sitting as a lawmaker, and I lean toward admiring the steady, unglamorous kind of service that holds institutions together far more than headlines ever do.

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Name (English)

Shin Hak-yong

Name (Japanese)

辛鶴用

Reading

しん・はぎょん

Born

January 21, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Incheon, South Korea

Occupation

politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

High school

Jemulpo High School

University

Korea National Defense University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BE%9B%E9%B6%B4%E7%94%A8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16084357

Tags

• politician

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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