Paju Yeom clan

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Paju Yeom clan (Korean: 파주 염씨; Hanja: 坡州 廉氏) is a Korean clan with its ancestral home in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. As of 2015, about 63,350 people belonged to the clan. The founder, Yeom Hyeong-myeong, was ethnically Chinese and settled in Paju during the Later Tang period to avoid conflict. He supported Taejo of Goryeo and helped unite the Korean dynasties. For his service, he was named High Merit Minister.