Incheon

Proper noun

Incheon

1. A city in South Korea.
   • The South Korean Coast Guard has confirmed that on Aug. 16 it found a man stranded with a Jet Ski-type vehicle on a mud flat off the country’s west coast, near the city of Incheon. In a statement, it said the man, whom it did not identify, had been detained Sunday on suspicion of entering South...2023 August 24, John Yoon, “Escape China by Jet Ski? A Dissident Is Said to Have Planned It for Years”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2023, Asia Pacific
   • South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island is situated in the Yellow Sea. It is located approximately 80 kilometres west of Incheon and 12 kilometres south of the coastline of Hwanghae Province, North Korea.2024 January 5, “S. Korea issues evacuation orders for two of its islands as N. Korea fires more than 200 shells”, in France 24, sourced from AFP, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2024...

   Synonyms:

   Jemulpo, Chemulpo, Jinsen