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Inchon

Chief port of Seoul, South Korea; population (2002 est) 2,433,000. The city lies where the Han River enters the Yellow Sea. The building of a rail link with Seoul in 1900 boosted the port's trade. Exports include rice, wheat, paper, and electronic goods.



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With South Korean and American ground forces initially heavily outnumbered and thrown back to the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, MacArthur then conceived and pushed through--over the initial objections of the Joint Chiefs of Staff--the Inchon amphibious attack far behind enemy lines.
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