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Incheon

Samantha Cruz | Editor

Published on 2025-10-28

Welcome to Incheon, the city best known for being Seoul's hardworking, occasionally overlooked sidekick-but fear not, adventurous sea dwellers, this underdog port has more up its sleeve than overpriced duty-free and transit lounges. Here's where MacArthur dramatically stormed ashore in 1950, changing the course of a war and giving the locals reason to later erect a statue that positively screams, "I came, I saw, I conquered (and posed dramatically)." Nowadays, instead of amphibious invasions, you'll find ultra-modern skyscrapers jostling with historic street markets, and neon-lit alleys fragrant with charcoal-grilled galbi and kimchi you'll dream about later. After shaking off your sea legs, recalibrate over kimchi stew and soju shots, then wander through Songdo's glittering futurist cityscapes, or head deep into Chinatown to uncover why Korea's best jajangmyeon (black bean noodles) is taken as seriously here as Shakespeare is by British theater critics. You've got two to five glorious days-just enough time to decide whether Incheon is a fantastic sidekick or secretly your new favorite hero.