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Incheon ( Korean : 인천; Hanja : 仁川; Korean pronunciation: [intɕʰʌ̹n]; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to ...
The Battle of Inchon ( Korean : 인천 상륙 작전; Hanja : 仁川上陸作戰; RR : Incheon Sangnyuk Jakjeon ), also spelled Battle of Incheon, was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN). The operation involved some 75,000 ...
A map of UN advances toward the Yalu River. By mid-October 1950, after the successful landing at Inchon by the US X Corps, the Eighth Army breakout from the Pusan Perimeter and the subsequent pursuit and destruction of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the Korean War appeared to be all but over. [11]
United States Army installations in South Korea. Camp Ames. Camp Bonifas - turned over to ROK in 2006. Camp Carroll. Camp Casey. Camp Castle - closed. Camp Coiner - northern portion turned over to US Embassy in Dec 2017, southern portion remains open. Camp Colbern - closed.
Contents. Korea under Japanese rule. From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen ( Hanja: 朝鮮, Korean: 조선), the Japanese reading of Joseon. [ a ] Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s.
No casualties reported by Japanese, 1 torpedo boat and about 30 men by Russian sources. 33 killed, 97 wounded; [1] both ships scuttled after the battle. The Battle of Chemulpo Bay was a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), which took place on 9 February 1904, off the coast of present-day Incheon (then called Chemulpo), Korea .
Incheon Chinatown ( Korean : 인천차이나타운) is a Chinatown in Jung District, Incheon, South Korea. It is the only official Chinatown on the Korean peninsula, [ 1][ 2] and one of the earliest, having formed in 1884. There are a number of restaurants and tourist attractions in the area. It features an 11-meter high Chinese-style gateway ...
Songdo (Korean: 송도), officially known as Songdo International Business District (Songdo IBD), is a smart city [2] built on 600 ha (1,500 acres) of reclaimed land along Incheon's waterfront, [3] 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Seoul, South Korea. It is connected to Incheon International Airport by a 12.3 km (7.6 mi) reinforced concrete highway ...