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Wait, in the middle of the story Shin was to be executed, then wasn't? What happened there?

I found that kind of confusing as well.

I believe it was his brother and his mother who were executed. I believe his brother was named Shin as well, with the rest of his name different.

I think this is a family name / given name issue.

Korean names are in the order Family Name then First name. They refer to him by his family name, so its easy to confuse him, his brother, and his father

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