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A Hero Reborn in Darkness: The Rediscovery of Yi Sun-sin

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  1. This column examines how Admiral Yi Sun-sin, whose true image was unclear to most Koreans before the Japanese colonial period, became known again through a remark by Japanese Admiral Togo.
  2. At a celebration of victory in the Russo-Japanese War, Togo Heihachiro, when praised as comparable to Yi Sun-sin, reportedly replied that he was not even worthy of tying Yi's shoelaces.
  3. Citing President Park Chung-hee's restoration of Hyeonchungsa Shrine in Asan and Jeseungdang in Tongyeong as memorial projects, the column asks what we should remember.

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A Hero Reborn in Darkness: The Rediscovery of Yi Sun-sin

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 103. 어둠 속에서 다시 태어난 영웅, 이순신의 발견

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