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86°F / 30°C
(Passing Clouds. Warm.)
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Sejongro Boulevard, 1 Jongno 1-ga
Seoul
110-121
+82 2 814 9894
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This majestic statue watches over Sejongro Boulevard, the main street leading to Kyongbuk Palace. Admiral Yi Sun Shin is regarded as a national hero due to his accomplishments as a naval commander in late 16th-century conflicts against the Japanese. He invented kobuksan--or ‘turtle ships’ as they are nicknamed in English--the first iron-clad ships in the world. A Korean fleet of only twelve kobuksan were able to defeat 133 Japanese ships in 1597, preventing enemy troops from occupying Korea at that time. The admiral was also a scholar and a writer.
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