Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete form of Incheon: a major city in South Korea.
There once was a famous Confucian scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty. One day, a gentleman told this scholar about a train that traveled between the cities of Hanyang (today’s Seoul) and Jemulpo (today’s Incheon).
2011, Kyongsan, “The Changing and Immutable Creative Transformations of the Il-Won-Sang Truth”, in The Moon of the Mind Rises in Empty Space (Lectures on the Il-Won-Sang Vow), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 681 more example
While the board in New York gave him the green light, and Allen departed for Korea while leaving his wife in Shanghai. He arrived at Jemulpo on September 20, 1884. Thus, in the four-millennium Korean history, Allen arrived in Korea as the first Protestant missionary (albeit his religious status had to remain hidden) and the era of Protestant missions commenced in Korea. Two days after arriving at Jemulpo, he rode a donkey with a Chinese language teacher that came with him from Shanghai and entered Seoul.
2011, In Soo Kim, “Arrival of Missionaries”, in History of Christianity in Korea, Qumran Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122
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Jemulpo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jemulpo
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