Tag: Admiral Yi Sin Sin

At the heart of Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square stands the statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. The statue was erected on April 27, 1968. The placement of the statue in Gwanghwamun Square in April 1968 originated from a directive by President Park Chung-hee, who suggested, “Restoring the distorted central axis of the Joseon Dynasty’s roads from the Japanese colonial period would require ...