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Yang Soon-jik (May 11, 1925 ~ Julie 24, 2008) was a South Korean soldier, media entrepreneur, politician, and a reserve lieutenant colonel of the Republic of Korea Navy who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Headquarters Jeong Hoon and a third-term member of the National Assembly. The domicile was Cheongju, and the pen name was Simsan.

Life
He was born in Nonsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do on May 11, 1925. After graduating from Gongju High School in Chungcheongnam-do, he obtained a bachelor's degree from Seoul National University's Department of Education and was commissioned as a Navy lieutenant in April 1948. After nine years and four months, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1957, and after serving as battalion commander for seven months, he became Deputy Chief of Naval Headquarters Jeong Hoon in March 1958, and served as lieutenant colonel in March 1961. After that, he served as president of the Seoul Newspaper and entered politics as the 6th and 7th Democratic Republican member of the National Assembly.

On April 15, 1969, he was expelled from the Republican Party along with Ye Chun-ho, Park Jong-tae, Jeong Tae-sung, and Kim Dal-soo at the general assembly of the National Assembly on April 8, 1969.

He was arrested and sentenced to 10 months in prison for the 1979 YMCA fake wedding. In 1980, he was bound by political activity regulations, was lifted, and served as vice president of the Shinhan Democratic Party following the Kim Dae Jung, and in 1987, he was arrested for leading the June uprising as a standing representative of the Democratic Constitutional Convention Headquarters. As a result, he declared his departure from the United Democratic Party and turned independent, and after Kim Dae Jung founded the Peace Democratic Party, he moved to the Common People's Party in 1987 and served as vice president, but eventually left the Common People's Party in 1988.

After breaking up with Kim Dae Jung in 1992, he joined the United National Party led by Chung Ju-young and served as the 14th National Assembly member. Later, he joined the Liberal Democratic Union led by Kim Jong-pil and served as a standing advisor.

He died on 24 July 2008.

Family

 * Father: Yang Cheol-sik
 * Mother: Park Jeong-ja
 * Wife: Jeong Soon-ja (November 4, 1932 (age 89)) - With his wife, he has three sons and two daughters.
 * Younger brother: Yang Bong-jik (August 9, 1926 - Julie 28, 1995) - from the 6th Army. After participating in the Yeosun Incident, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, he was discharged from the reserve army lieutenant general, and like his brother Yang Soon-jik, he had three sons and two daughters with his spouse.

educational background

 * Graduated from Gongju High School in Chungcheongnam-do in 1944
 * 1948 Bachelor of Education, Seoul National University
 * Graduated from the Army Infantry School in 1955
 * 1957 Second Bachelor of Public Administration, National Defense University

Career

 * President of the Korea Freedom Federation from 1998 to 2000

TV drama

 * Na Sung-kyun - 1995 (Fourth Republic) MBC Drama

Reference

 * Yang Soon-jik - Korean Tribute Society
 * 大韓民國 國軍 Noblesse oblige
 * 風雲의 별 十九將軍