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Sejongno avenue with statue of admiral Yi Sun-Sin

Sejongno avenue with statue of admiral Yi Sun-Sin

In the background, Mount Bukhansan.
In 1592, the Japanese army of Emperor Hideyoshi invaded Korea but the Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin used his own invention : the turtle boat to destroy the Japanese fleet though numerically superior. Depriving the Japanese of their logistics, the latter were forced to retreat in 1593 when the Chinese intervened.