SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

                     Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                           For the Month of March 2005

                        SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

              120, 2-Ga, Taepyung-Ro, Jung-Gu, Seoul 100-102, Korea
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

           Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
           file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                      Form 20-F   X         Form 40-F 
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        paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____________

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                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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         registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-____________.


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RESULTS OF GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2004

On March 30, 2005, Shinhan Financial Group held the general shareholders'
meeting for the fiscal year of 2004, and all the 5 agenda listed below were
approved as originally proposed.

1)   Approval of balance sheet, income statement and statement of appropriation
     of retained earnings for the fiscal year 2004 (January 1, 2004 ~ December
     31, 2004). 

2)   Appointment of directors 

3)   Appointment of Audit Committee members 

4)   Approval of Limitation on Director Compensation 

5)   Approval of stock option grant to executives, department heads, and outside
     directors

For each details of originally proposed agenda, please refer to our Convocation
Notice of the 4th general shareholders' meeting, which was disclosed on March
11, 2005.


GRANT OF STOCK OPTIONS TO EXECUTIVES, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND OUTSIDE DIRECTORS

Pursuant to Article 14 of the Articles of Incorporation, stock option was
granted to the Group's executives, department heads and outside directors
through the resolution of our general shareholders' meeting for the fiscal year
of 2004.

A.   Grant of Stock Options to Executives of Shinhan Financial Group and its
     subsidiaries 

     ->   please refer to our Form 6-K filed on March 11, 2005.

B.   Grant of Stock Options to Department Heads of Shinhan Financial Group and
     its Subsidiaries 

     1)   Grantees 

          1,001 Department heads of Shinhan Financial Group and its subsidiaries

     2)   Number of options to be granted 

          Stock options to purchase 1,449,200 shares in total. 

     *    Other terms and conditions are the same as we reported previously on
          March 11, 2005.


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C.   Grant of Stock Options to Outside Directors of Shinhan Financial Group 

     1)   Grantees and number of options to be granted




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          Name                      Number of Options Granted (shares)
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          Pyung Joo Kim                          10,000
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          Il Sup Kim                             10,000
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          Sang Yoon Lee                          10,000
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          Yoon Soo Yoon                          10,000
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          Shee Yul Ryoo                          10,000
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          Total                                  50,000
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     *    Other terms and conditions are the same as we reported previously
          on March 11, 2005.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



                                           SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO., LTD.


                                           By  /s/ Byung Jae Cho
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                                           Name:  Byung Jae Cho
                                           Title: Chief Financial Officer


Date : March 30, 2005


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