Regional1598

Battle of Sunchon

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North Korea

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Sunchon (1598), part of the Japanese Invasion of Korea. Japan defeated Korea, China. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents3

Japan
Korea
China

ON THE MAPJoseon DynastyMing Dynasty

Conflict graph

PART OFJapanese Invasions of Korea

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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