The Memorial Hall for Incheon Landing Operation
This memorial hall is located at Ongnyeon-dong, Yeonsu. It is a war memorial hall built to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the opening of Incheon Port in 1984.Its theme centers on the successful Incheon Landing Operation led by UN Commander in Chief General McArthur during the Korean War.
Picture. Clockwise from left, a child poses for a photo with fiberglass dummies at the Incheon Landing Operation Memorial Hall; one of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's corncob pipes; and military uniforms worn during
the Korean War. (Inside Korea)
The Korean War was one of the most tragic wars in modern day history. Many people gave up their lives to help protect the Korean peninsula. This War Memorial was built in their honor to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice.
Many Korean people were also grateful for the freedom that was given to them as a result of this war. In remembrance of those who lost their lives and to show gratitude, ordinary Koreans also donated a lot of money to help erect this War Memorial.
There are three halls including an outdoor exhibition. There is also an 18 meter long memorial tower, and the national flags of the 16 countries that participated in the Korean War are flying high here.
Exhibition Hall Information - Exhibition Hall
- Outdoor Exhibition Hall
- Video Hall (available for groups of 20 or more visitors who make advanced reservations) (Visitors who would like to visit the video hall must make advanced inquiries / Tel: +82-2-832- 0915)
No admission fees
50 parking spaces for free
Foreign Language Interpretation Services
Exhibition tour interpretation services are available in English, Chinese and Japanese.
(Visitors using these services must make reservations at least 3 days in advance.
Tel: +82-32-832-0915)
A New International Passenger Terminal in Songdo
Incheon Metropolitan City broke the ground for a new international passenger terminal in Songdo in November last year. The terminal under construction occupies the 66,800m2 of land nearby Incheon Bridge. Upon completion in the second half of 2019, it will absorb the operations of the existing first and second international passenger terminals, serving 2 million tourists a year through Korea-China car ferry routes.
Incheon expects to become a strong magnet for maritime tourists when the new terminal begins its operation of its car ferry docks and a cruise ship dock whose berthing capacity is 150,000 tons. The city holds an even bigger potential to reinforce its place as North East
Asia’s hub port for maritime tourism in North East Asia with the Golden Harbor project of developing an international ocean tourism complex.
Next month an interim cruise berth of the terminal begins its operation. The dock is designed to moor a 150,000 ton cruise ferry and can accept a vessel irrespective of tidal range or cycle. Within the terminal, convenience facilities such as a duty free pickup counter and a tax refund window, and relevant authorities such as customs, immigration and quarantine will also start delivering their services.
The berth will receive, as the first client, the Costa Serena cruise of 114,000 tons, which will sail itineraries from Incheon Port to Shanghai to Kagoshima to again Incheon. With the opening of the interim berth, Incheon actively promote its new terminal as a home port for cruise ships.
The berthing facilities of the new international passenger terminal include a 220,000-ton cruise berth, a 50,000-ton car ferry dock, six 30,000-ton car ferry docks. The full operationalization is scheduled to be in 2019.
Incheon creates an artificial island for rare bird species
Picture. Black-faced spoonbills in Songdo. The bird is listed as Endangered.
Incheon Metropolitan City unveiled its plans to create an artificial island in Songdo’s Rarmsar site by 2019 to protect rare bird species, including black-faced spoonbills, Mongolian gulls, shorebirds. The island will be built in the 5600m2 of protected wetland in Zone 11 of Songdo.
The $5.8 million project is schedule to break ground in the second half of 2018.
The idea of an artificial island comes from the environmental impact assessment on Songdo reclamation; the city was required to create an island as an alternative habitat to provide a
stable environment for the black-faced spoonbill and other water birds. According to the results, Incheon came up with the plan taking advice from bird experts into account.
The man-made island is exposed 2,400m2 at high tide, and the upper part has 380m2 peak for nests. The location is 350m away from the coast of Zone 11 by a straight line.
There are only 2,700 black-faced spoonbills left in the world, of which 200 to 300 lay eggs in the Songdo tidal flats every spring.
Incheon analyzes that the reclamation of Songdo tends to isolate the bird’s habitat in the neighboring Namdong Reservoir, and hence the artificial island will give them another shelter.
In July 2014 the Ramsar Convention Secretariat based in Switzerland designated the 6.11km2 of protected tidal flat of Songdo, including 3.61km2 next to Zone 11 and 2.5km2 close to Zone 6 and 8, as Korea’s 19th wetland of international importance.
The Ramsar sites are wetlands considered to be international importance. They are usually native to wildlife with conservation value or rare and unique wetlands.
Marine current power as future energy source
Incheon Metropolitan City announced that it will participate in the ‘Tidal Current Power Generation Promotion Task Force,’ which will be organized for the first time this year by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF).
The TF will be fully operational starting from a meeting held at the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering in Daejeon on March 3. The project will involve 12 organizations, including the MOF, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, the Green Energy Institute, the Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute and the
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation. Three local governments of Incheon, Jeollanamdo and Jindo as well as two universities of Inha University and Mokpo Maritime University will also participate.
An official from the Incheon local government said, “We aim to provide electricity from tidal current power for households by 2024,” and “the TF will be a mechanism for the relevant organization to discuss technology development in each phase.”
Tidal or marine current power generation is a technique to produce electricity by harnessing the flow of sea water or the kinetic energy of marine currents. It is different from tidal power which uses the gap between high and low tides.
In Korea, the area between Soyado Island and Soijakdo island off the coast of Incheon is considered a suitable place, along with the Uldolmok Strait, for tidal current power because of its strong current flow.
Incheon welfare facilities won best prize and green funds
Incheon Metropolitan City's green projects took first place in the 2016 Green Fund Support Program organized by the Korea Forest Welfare Institute.
The ‘Eco Garden’ plan of Grace House, a homeless shelter, in Seogu of Incheon was selected as the best project in the area of Sharing Forest of Welfare Facility and received $113,339 in green fund. The winner cut away the neglected 620m2 of waste asphalt and created a garden by planting zelkova trees and flowering trees.
In the No Disability and Sharing Trek area, Namdonggu of Incheon came first with its project of setting up deck trails and resting places in the cypress forest so that disabled people can enjoy a forest bath. The community authority implemented the $435.9 project with the green funds from the local government.
The Green Fund Support Program is to subsidize the creation of forests in welfare facilities or the construction of infrastructures such as trekking trails for people with moving difficulties.
