Yu Chin Wu - Yu Chin Wu

Korean scholar and writer. Born in Seoul. His pen name was Hyunmin. He graduated from the law department of Keijo Imperial University in 1929. He published novels while teaching at Keijo University and Bosung Technical College, and gained attention as an intellectual writer. After liberation, he became a professor at Korea University, and entered politics as a member of the constitution drafting committee and head of the Legislative Bureau in 1948. In 1951, he became president of Daejeon United University, and represented Korea at the Japan-Korea Talks. He was active as one of Korea's leading intellectuals, serving as president of Korea University, president of the International Law Association, and president of the International Association of Jurists. During the military revolution of 1961, he cooperated with the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, but after 1967 he joined the opposition New Democratic Party, and served as the party's representative committee member, president, member of the National Assembly, and advisor. In 1974, he became an advisor to the National Council for the Restoration of Democracy. After 1980, he cooperated with the government as an adviser to the National Unification Board and a national policy advisor, and in 1981 he became a senior member of the Academy of Sciences.

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韓国（大韓民国）の学者、作家。ソウルに生まれる。号は玄民。1929年京城帝国大学法文学部法科卒業。京城大、普成専門学校などの教職につきながら小説を発表し、知性派作家として注目される。解放後、高麗(こうらい)大学教授となり、1948年憲法起草委員、法制処長として政界にも進出。1951年大田連合大学総長となり、日韓会談代表。以後、高麗大総長、国際法学会会長、国際法律家協会会長など、韓国の代表的知識人として活躍した。1961年の軍事革命時には、国家再建最高会議に協力したが、1967年以後は野党新民党に入り、同党代表委員、総裁、国会議員、顧問等となる。1974年には民主回復国民会議顧問。1980年以後、国土統一院顧問、国政諮問委員として政権に協力、1981年には学術院元老会員となった。

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