About Hwang Yun-suk
Lived 1929 – 1961 (aged 31–32). Hwang Yun-suk was a South Korean judge.
Hwang Yun-suk (; 1929 – 21 April 1961) was the first female judge in South Korea.
Career Hwang graduated from Jinmyeong Girls' High School, and went on to study in the Faculty of Law at Seoul National University. She passed the third annual in 1952. She took office as a prosecutor in the in 1953.
South Korea's first female court clerk, Park Gyeong-sun , began working for Hwang in 1960.
Death and legacy Hwang was found dead on the morning of 21 April 1961.
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Who was Hwang Yun-suk?
South Korean judge (1929–1961)
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Hwang Yun-suk was born in 1929.
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Hwang Yun-suk died on 21 April 1961.
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Hwang Yun-suk was a judge.
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Hwang Yun-suk was South Korean.
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