Hwang Yun-suk explained
| Birth Date: | 1926 |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Office: | Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutor's Office |
| Term Start: | 1953 |
| Term End: | 1954 |
| Office2: | Judge of the Seoul District Court |
| Term Start2: | 1954 |
| Term End2: | 1961 |
| Module: | | Child: | yes | | Headercolor: | lavender | | Hangul: | 황윤석 | | Hanja: | 黃允石 | | Rr: | Hwang Yunseok | | Mr: | Hwang Yunsŏk |
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Hwang Yun-suk (; 1929 – 21 April 1961) was the first female judge in South Korea.[1] [2] [3]
Career
Hwang graduated from Jinmyeong Girls' High School, and went on to study in the Faculty of Law at Seoul National University.[4] She passed the third annual in 1952.[5] She took office as a prosecutor in the in 1953.[4] In September 1954, she was appointed a judge of the First Civil Division of the, and held that position until her death.[6] [7]
South Korea's first female court clerk, Park Gyeong-sun, began working for Hwang in 1960.[8]
Death and legacy
Hwang was found dead on the morning of 21 April 1961.[7] There is speculation she was killed by her in-laws or her husband.[1]
The Yun-suk Scholarship was established in her memory at her alma mater Jinmyeong Girls' High School in April 1962, on the first anniversary of her death, with an endowment of ₩1.5 million.[9]
Notes and References
- Book: Kim, Haesook. https://books.google.com/books?id=PzhzBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181. Changes in Gender Composition and the Future of Gender Balance in the Legal Professions in Korea. East Asia's Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century: The Future of Legal and Judicial Landscapes in East Asia. Miyazawa. Setsuo. Ji. Weidong. Fukurai. Hiroshi. Chan. Kay-Wah. Vanhullebusch. Matthias. 181. 2015-03-13. Hotei Publishing. 9789004274204.
- Web site: Kim. Haesook. Opening of the Judiciary in Korea: Hwang Yun-suk and the Pioneer Women Judges from 1952-1990 . July 25, 2007. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Berlin, Germany
- Book: 이, 종하. https://books.google.com/books?id=eJ9KCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT219. ko:4월의 모든 역사 - 한국사. 2013-10-08. 디오네. 9788998241759. ko.
- News: 最初의女檢事첫視務. First job appearance of first female prosecutor. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 22 July 1953. 2. 9 August 2018. Naver News Library.
- News: 三回高等考試司法科合格者. Qualified Examinees of Judiciary Division in Third Higher Civil Service Examination. The Dong-a Ilbo. 8 December 1952. 9 August 2018. Naver News Library.
- News: 最初의女判事. First female judge. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 10 September 1954. 2. 9 August 2018. Naver News Library.
- News: 黃允石女判事絕命. Female magistrate Hwang Yun-suk passes away. The Dong-a Ilbo. 21 April 1961. 1. 9 August 2018. Naver News Library.
- News: 法廷에첫女書記登場. First female clerk appears in court. The Dong-a Ilbo. 24 September 1960. 9 August 2018. Naver News Library.
- News: 「允石奬學會」를창설. Yun-suk Scholarship Committee established. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 21 April 1962. 3. 9 August 2018. Naver News Library.
