title: Shin Gyu-sik
text: # Shin Gyu-sik
  
  Shin Gyu-sik (Korean: 신규식; Hanja: 申圭植; 22 February 1880 – 25 September 1922) was a Korean independence activist who had served as a cabinet member of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea during the Japanese occupation of Korea. His name is also spelled also spelt as Shin Kyu-sik, and Sin Kyu-sik.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Shin was born in Cheongwon County in North Chungcheong Province. In 1899, he went to Seoul and attended the National Chinese Language School (Korean: 한성한어학교; Hanja: 漢城漢語學校).
  
  