The two combined forces of the Min and Shinn, and the companies behind them, that did it. And they were the 귀족 (Noble people) during the Yi Joseon dynasty in Korea.
Family Background
(only true photo of the last Empress Min)
The Empress Myung-Sung (from movies, TV series, etc.)
The Mins
The Min family in Korea goes back to some 35 generations or over 500 years back in Korea. The Min families are recognized as a family with one of the most respected, high noble lines of ancestry in Korea and is still very respected family in the modern Korea.
The Min families had four queens during the Yi dynasty including the well-known last Empress in Korea, Empress Myung Sung. She tried to make the traditional Yi dynasty modernized opening doors for foreign know-hows and culture bewaring of the political interference of two neighboring countries, Japan and China. (They even made movies, TV dramas, and plays about her).
It is a little known fact that no “Min”s can marry other “Min”s, while all “Lee”‘s, for instance, can marry other “Lee”s. It is because all Mins are considered relatives in Korea. Something foreigner can’t relate to, but it is a hard fast rule. Mins can’t marry other Mins.
My Min Family
(My father’s father)
My grandfather, Min Kyung Am (민경암), and my grandmother’s two brothers: Owned import/export corporation, called Kook Saeng Industry of which office building was located near the current Westin Chosun hotel around the Seoul city plaza. This was before Samsung, LG, Hyundai, etc., the traditional conglomerates.
Our Min family was a big landlord for many centuries, owning a large estate along the Korea DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). The large part of their rice fields were given to tenant farmers for returns in % of the rice harvested or sold them in the 1930s/1940s during the period of Japanese rule. And most of the other forest lands were sold to Korea Marine Corps in late 2000s for their continued use as the base area to guard against the North Korea.
Grandfather Min was a Founders of Kook Saeng Industry (국생산업, 1954 – ???). Grandfather Min Kyung Am ran the Korea Mining Industry Association, leading expert in mining in Korea. He owned various mining companies in Korea including gold, tungsten, and graphite mines. During that time, grandfather Min had an office in New York and Hong Kong and a Headquarters in Korea. There were making money in this poor times. That’s to be recognized.
>> Check it out, the The Mins Family Estates
The Shinns
Grandfather Captain Shinn, Founder of Korean National Airlines, the first 1st airlines in Korea. He was a great man.
(My mother’s father.)
Korean National Airlines (KNA) was the first (commercial cargo and passenger) air carrier in Korea. Established in 1946 and incorporated in 1948 in South Korea, and its first official passenger flight was from Seoul to Pusan on October 30, 1948 (which is now Korea’s National Air Day holiday). The carrier was an international carrier – though it was privately owned by its Founding Chairman, Captain Shin Yong-Wook (신용욱).[1] It operated under the brand name Koreanair.[2]
KNA operated from 1947 to 1950 with Stinson Voyager aircraft, suspended operations from 1950 to 1952 due to the Korean War, and resumed flying in 1952 with Douglas DC-3 and Douglas DC-4 aircraft.[3]
In late 1961, many Korean industries, including transportation, were nationalized in an effort to spur the country’s economic growth. Shin Yong-Wook challenged the government’s authority to nationalize his company, but KNA was ultimately taken over in a forced acquisition by the government in 1962.
>> Check it out: Captain Shinn Yong-Wook, Founder of Korean National Airline
/—- Richard Notes —-/
-Shinn’s were great landholder of Korea (much the bigger then the Mins)
-Grandfather even gave away the President (?) —> check on that
-Movies
-edits Korea Air
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