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3 unusual facts about Paull Shin


Korean adoptee

Other KADs have received celebrity status for other reasons, like Soon-Yi Previn who is married to Woody Allen, actresses Nicole Bilderback, and Jenna Ushkowitz, Washington State Senator Paull Shin, former Slovak rap-artist Daniel Hwan Oostra, and recently, Kristen Kish of Top Chef - Season 10.

Paull Shin

Orphaned at the age of four, he lived on the streets of Seoul begging for food until the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, at which point he became a houseboy to a group of U.S. Army officers.

Paull Shin (Shin Hobom, Korean: 신호범; born September 27, 1935) is a member of the Washington State Senate, the first Korean American ever elected to the Washington State Legislature.



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