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While waiting for a table at KumGangSam today, an older Korean man came over to me completely out of the blue and said something like “I’m sure you know about Lord Nelson. There’s a Korean admiral who was just as good! The model right behind you is one of Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s Turtle Ships. He was a great Korean admiral who fought off the entire Japanese fleet in the 1500’s!” I said “Wow, that’s interesting. I actually don’t know much about Korean history”, which was a lie, I actually don’t know anything about history, period. He said “Well, now you know”. Just at that moment they called our table and we went to sit down, but the strange encounter was stuck in my head until now.
In my Googling on this topic I’ve found that information on Yi Sun-sin is now available in my preferred format: a Korean drama series! It actually just finished airing last month in Korea, and it can’t be long before it’s available here. Another one on the list to watch!