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Shin Bong-jo (born 1900 – December 27, 1992) was a South Korean educator who worked from the Japanese colonial era. The pen name is Hwa-am.

Life
His hometown is Yeongwol and he was born in Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do. After graduating from Baejae High School and Yeonhui Specialized School, he studied in Japan and graduated from the Department of Law and Literature at Tohoku Imperial University.

After graduating from Yeonhui Specialized School, he showed interest in women's education since he briefly worked as an alma mater, Baejae High School teacher, and later devoted his life to women's secondary education. After graduating from Tohoku University, he became the principal of Ewha High School in 1938 while serving as a teacher of Baejae High School.

During the Pacific War, the Japanese Empire participated in the war by participating in the National Spirit Mobilization Joseon Federation and participating in the Imjeon Countermeasures Council and the Joseon Imjeonbo National Defense Corps. In particular, he was the chairman of the Hwangdo Society, an organization aimed at disseminating and propagating the idea of Hwangdo, and attended pro-Japanese discussions and made remarks or published articles.

After the end of the Pacific War, he served as the principal of Ewha Girls' High School ,was a student at Ewha School. He took the lead in the Yu Gwan-soon Memorial Project by revealing the traces of Yu Gwan-soon, who was arrested and killed in prison for participating in the March 1st Movement.Arrested by the Anti-Communist Special Committee in 1949 under the Punishment of Anti-National Acts Act He was arrested but not punished.In 1953, he established Ewha Arts High School with an executive ceremony in Busan, where he was evacuating due to the Korean War with a desire for art education, and served as the principal of both schools.

Even after leaving office in 1961, he served as chairman of the school corporation Lee Hwa-won, honorary chairman, honorary chairman of the Seoul Arts Institute, and chairman of Sangmyung Academy. He worked hard to foster private education by related to Hanyang Academy, Younghoon Academy, Yonsei University, Jaeheon Academy, Saebit Academy, Indeok Academy, and Baejae Academy. In recognition of these contributions, he received many awards, including the Seoul Metropolitan Cultural Award, the Peony Medal of the National Medal, and the main award in the education sector of the May 16 National Award.

After death
Shin Bong-jo, who was a devout Christian as an elder of the Jeong-dong First Church, recalled that theologian Park Dae-sun had lived his entire life only for Ewha His dedication to women's education earned him respect from various disciples. Jang Myung-soo, the first Korean female lead writer, also cited Shin Bong-jo, a benefactor, as the person who influenced her life the most.

It is included in the education/academic section of the list of prospective pro-Japanese dictionaries compiled by the National Research Institute for National Affairs in 2008. In 2009, it was included in the list of 705 pro-general ethnic acts announced by the Committee on the Truth and Reconciliation of Pro-General National Acts.

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 * Ewha Girls' High School
 * Seoul Arts High School
 * the Society of the ecliptic
 * Korea Imjeonbo National Foundation

Reference

 * Shin Bong-jo - Korea Research Institute