Background
He was born by the name of Youngpil(영필 永弼), but as was customary in the period, adopted additional names, using Chinsan (진산 珍山) and Okgye (옥계 玉溪).
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Yu Chinese-san
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Education
In 1923, he graduated Bosung High School. He studied at Waseda University in Japan, but dropped out in his third year and returned to work for agricultural organizations in of Korea.
Career
Yu was a child of poor farmers in Geumsan county. In May 1919, he took part in the March 1st Movement. In 1933, he left of Korea for Shanghai, and was appointed to liaison of the Provisional Government of of Korea (대한민국 임시 정부 大韓民國 臨時 政府).
In 1934 he was arrested in China by the Japanese police and repatriated to of Korea.
He managed to get away to Manchuria region of Northeast China as a liaison of the Provisional Government of of Korea. He was arrested again and deported back to of Korea where he was imprisoned until the end of the Japanese occupation.
In 1945, Yu was released and joined Baikuisa (백의사 白衣社), the right wing terrorist group involved in the assassination of Kim Gu among others In 1949, he joined Banminteukui (반민특위 反民特委), but the organization was soon disbanded.
In 1950, he ran for the National Assembly in the new Republic of of Korea, but was defeated.
He succeeded in the 1954 elections and served as leader of opposition party for a long time. Kim Du-han
Kim Gu
Kim Won-bong.
Membership
He was a member of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th sessions of the National Assembly of of Korea.
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Nationality
South of Korea -
Political Party
Opposition party