Korea, pronounced as Hanguk in South Korean and Chosŏn in North Korean, is an East Asian territory that is divided into two distinct sovereign states, North Korea and South Korea.  Korean has about 4,500 years history and about 75 million populations.  There are many great men in Korea historically, but Admiral Yi Sun-shin is the most popular great man in Korea.

His statue is in middle of Seoul in Korea.  He was fighting against Japanese’s 24 times attacks in 1592ish, and famed for his 24 times victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjinwaeran in the Joeson Dynasty. He is well-respected for his exemplary conduct on and off the battlefield not only by Korean nations, but by Japanese Admirals too. Military historians have compared his naval genius to that of Admiral Horatio Nelson. His title of Samdo Sugun Tongjesa, literally meaning “Naval Commander of the Three Provinces.”  It was the title for the commander of the Korean navy until his death.

His dying words are very famous in Korea “나의죽음을적에게알리지말라/ Na eu juk em eul jeok ae gae al li gi mal ra/ Don’t let enemy know my death” because the enemy was so afraid of him.

In the video below is explaining one of his strategy how he fought against to Japanese’s military troop in 1592ish.