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Korean netizens, led by the cyber diplomatic mission VANK, pointed out the error as the US Central Intelligence Agency's CIA posted that Admiral Yi Sun-sin did not receive prior naval training in the 'World Factbook' on their site.



The CIA's World Factbook contains this information in the description of Admiral Yi Sun-sin attached to the photograph of Admiral Yi Sun-sin statue in Gwanghwamun, Seoul among the photos introducing Korea.



According to the cyber diplomacy mission VANK, World Factbook stated that "Sun-Shin Yi is famous as a commander who defeated the Japanese navy during the Japanese invasion of Imjin War. never did," he said.



Vank sees this sentence as being interpreted as a nuance that Admiral Yi Sun-sin was lucky and was not miraculously defeated even though he had not trained for a Japanese invasion.



However, Admiral Yi Sun-sin rose to the position of Jeolla-Jwa-do naval warlord at the recommendation of Ryu Seong-ryong a year before the Imjin War in 1592, and prepared for war by expanding armaments, building a turtle ship, and conducting naval training.



Park Ki-tae, commander of the Bank, said, "It is an obvious error that Admiral Yi Sun-sin prepared to prepare for the Japanese invasion, and it was an act of ignoring the efforts of the Joseon Navy to prepare for aggression together with the general."



In the meantime, Vank said, "We will launch a campaign against the CIA asking them to attach or correct the description of Admiral Yi Sun-sin."



The CIA World Factbook site contains information and statistics on the politics, economy, and society of more than 260 countries around the world.



It has a huge impact as it is copied, cited, and reproduced in portal sites such as educational institutions, publishers, news agencies, news, and Google in each country.



The CIA also describes the Korean language as 'Korean and English', Dokdo as 'Liancourt Rocks' (Dokdo/Takeshima), and the East Sea as 'Sea of ​​Japan'.



For the past 20 years, Vank has been protesting and demanding correction, but the CIA is refusing to do so.