TravelCentral Jinju, on the Namgang River

Jinjuseong Fortress진주성

A walled fortress above the Namgang River in Jinju, scene of two great sieges in 1592–93 and home to Chokseongnu Pavilion.

By K for All editors · 2 min read

Checked Oct 18, 2026

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Parking is available. Information line: 055-749-5171.

Hours

Mar–Oct 05:00–23:00; Nov–Feb 05:00–22:00. Admission is charged only from 09:00 to 18:00.

Closed

Open all year.

Admission

Adults (20–64) KRW 2,000; ages 13–19 and soldiers KRW 1,000; ages 7–12 KRW 600. People 65 and over and children 6 and under are exempt (show ID).

Booking

Klook and KKday sell seasonal October tours from Busan built around the Namgang Yudeung lantern festival held around the fortress.

Jinjuseong guards a bend in the Namgang River. Its stone walls, about 1.76 km around and 5–8 m high, were rebuilt in 1379 to hold off Japanese raiders, and during the Imjin War they saw two famous sieges. In 1592 some 3,800 defenders turned back a Japanese army of nearly 20,000, protecting the rice lands of Honam; in 1593 the fortress fell after an 11-day battle in which its tens of thousands of soldiers and townspeople died. It was then, the story goes, that Nongae clasped a Japanese commander and leapt with him into the river. Inside the walls are Chokseongnu Pavilion, the Uigisa shrine, command posts, Hoguksa Temple and Jinju National Museum.

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