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Stele commemorating Kim Si-min’s defence of Jinju, erected in 1619 at Jinju Fortress
Stele commemorating Kim Si-min’s defence of Jinju, erected in 1619 at Jinju Fortress

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Person1554 – 1592

Kim Si-min

Magistrate of Jinju who held the fortress in 1592 but died of wounds from the siege

In October 1592, with about 3,800 men, he beat back the Japanese assault on Jinju Fortress (the First Siege of Jinju). It is counted with Hansando and Haengju among the three great victories of the Imjin War. In the second siege the following year the fortress fell.

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    Magistrate Kim Si-min held Jinju Fortress for six days with about 3,000 men against some 20,000 Japanese troops, but died of his wounds.

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  • Imjin War1592 – 1598

    From the Japanese invasion to the Battle of Noryang — the righteous armies, Yi Sun-sin at sea, and Ming intervention

  • JinjuAD 685 – 1923

    Centre of western Gyeongsang — site of the sieges of Jinju, the 1862 peasant uprising and the butchers’ equality movement