Jik-Ji

Dear my friend, I watched a video about jikji which is the world's first movable metal duplicating system. I think Korea was very developed country and so is now, too. As Koreans made movable metal duplicating system 78years before the second, Europe, Germany's Gutenburg metal duplicating, system. And now Korea i the first country making the best cars, and ships. May be the people who makes cars and ships is descendant of the ones who made the world's first movable metal duplication system, jikji. And as Jikji is the first movable metal duplicating system, it can become Korea's promotion product. And if we find alien, our Jikji can be the world's promotion product, too.
So I would like you to say that the Korean's are not the people who need help and we are one of the strong countries in world. As you see Jikji, I hoped you had better mind about Korea. Come to Korea and watch this wonderful and miraculous Jikji. Jikji is in Korea, chung ju. Come and see our Jikji^^
Sincerely, from your friend.

King Sejong the Great

Including the fields of Politics, Economy, Culture, Military, as a matter of course, Numerous achievements of King Sejong(세종대왕) had developed Joseon(조선) into the most powerful and most scientifically advanced country in East Asia.

1411, He invented Cheugugi(측우기), an instrument to measure precipitation by collecting raindrops. 1434. He invented Jagyeongnu(자격루), a time alarming machine with an automatic system of a bell, jing, and drum resounding at exact moment by water. 1443, King Sejong created Korean alphabet - Hangeul(한글), which is recognized as the best letter in the world.

People's happiness was the number one concern of his politics. First, King Sejong was a great king who always considered people's hardship and tried to do his best to make people's life better.

The most apparent example of King Sejong's affection towards the nation was the establishment of the Korean alphabet, 'Hangeul.' King Sejong established 'Hangeul' despite the strong objections from many government officials, who were maintaining their power by using Chinese that the common could not easily understand. On the other hand, anyone could easily learn and write the newly established language. The ultimate purpose of the establishment of 'Hangeul' was to eliminate the hardships of the illiterate and to enhance their lives.

King Sejong was especially fond of reading books and was a prominent scholar. Also, he gained wisdom and power needed to be a good king by long periods of mental training. Considering that the first sentence of the epitaph inscribed on his gravestone was that he was excellent with his studies, we can see how passionate he was about knowledge.

Fourth, running the country's affairs through debate and conversation. It is known that King Sejong enjoyed debating with his followers at dawn. Debate was one of King Sejong's most important daily schedules that enabled him to think over his people's sufferings and to be always awakened like a keeper of his country.

In addition, in a society where kings had absolute powers, he was a king who valued and loved his intelligent followers even if they disagreed with him or criticized him. Also, even though he was a king who had absolute power he didn't run his country imperialistically but decided many issues through discussion.

Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin

Naval Battle of Hansando
Jul 8. 1592, The Naval Battle of Hansando

A fleet of 72 led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin
Facing a Japanese combat fleet of 82,
Admiral Yi Sun-sin lured the enemy into the narrow Hansando channel using 5 Panokseon battleships
He spread his fleet across both flanks,
and reared its head toward the massive Japanese fleet
His HakIkJin tactics had the Japanese fleet surrounded.
Korean ships behind the island waited in ambush.




A Geobukseon ship infiltrated the middle of the Japanese ships.
The Japanese fleet scattered. The battle was on.
47 Japanese ships were torpedoed, 12 were captured, and some 8,980 Japanese hands were injured. Casualties among saviors of Joseon were minimal.
The Naval Battle of Hansando - Admiral Yi Sun-sin Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, with more than 40 naval battles under his belt, went undefeated in his naval career.
At the Battle of Myeongryang, the Admiral Yi’s force, 12 combat ships, completely wiped out a Japanese fleet of 130, with nary a loss.
His naval tactics, his thorough knowledge of topography,
and his fine personality, made Admiral Yi Sun-Sin respected even among apanese forces. In the early 20C, there were some fierce naval power struggles.
In one such battle, Japan, led by Admiral Togo Heihachiro, showed what could only be considered as careful study of Admiral Yi Sun-Sin’s tactics at the Battle of Hansando.