Suncheon

Sunch'ŏn lies near the southern coast of Chŏlla, where inland valleys open toward a sheltered bay. Its Confucian school was founded in 1407. During the renewed Japanese invasion, the Japanese commander Konishi Yukinaga occupied a fortress near the coast. In 1598 Korean and Ming forces attacked it by land and sea, with Yi Sunsin and the Ming admiral Chen Lin leading the naval force.