In 1985 the largest cities were Seoul ( 9, 645, 932 inhabitants ), Busan ( 3, 516, 807 ), Daegu ( 2, 030, 672 ), Incheon ( 1, 387, 491 ), Gwangju ( 906, 129 ), and Daejeon ( 866, 695 ).

Subway system was built in Seoul, highway network was expanded by 487 km and major port projects were started in Pohang, Ulsan, Masan, Incheon and Busan.

In 1989, parts of Gyeyang town were ceded to Incheon, giving Incheon a border with southwestern Seoul.

After Incheon separated from Gyeonggi Province in 1981, Gyeonggi regions such as Ongjin and Ganghwa were incorporated into Incheon in 1995.

In 1914, some areas of Incheon City and Bupyeong County were joined together under the name Bucheon.

As well as Daegu and fellow K-League club Incheon United, A-League side Queensland Roar and Beijing Guo ' an were also part of the tournament.

Years later Hopkinson said the greatest photos he ever received to lay out were Bert Hardy's images from the Korean War Battle of Incheon, which James Cameron wrote the article for.

During the Mongol invasions of Korea in the 12th century, the seat of government briefly shifted to Ganghwa Island, now just south of the DMZ in Incheon metropolitan city, where the Mongol naval attacks were repelled for about a decade before the king voluntarily surrendered to stop the carnage the Mongols committed in the peninsula, in order to lure the king out.

His previous clubs were Incheon United, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Chunnam Dragons.

The name " Gyeongin " is formed from the first characters in the names " Gyeongseong " ( the Korean form of the former Japanese name for Seoul ) and " Incheon.

The Treaty of Ganghwa became the first unequal treaty signed between Korea and foreign country ; it gave extraterritorial rights to Japanese citizens in Korea and forced the Korean government to open three ports, Busan, Incheon and Wonsan, to Japanese and foreign trade.

Shinjin Motor was first established as National Motor in 1937 in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, South Korea.

The first Air Koryo flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-154 touched down at Seoul's Incheon International Airport.

* 1899-The first Korean railway line connects Noryangjin ( Seoul ) with Jemulpo ( Incheon ).

He first opened a number of educational institutions, medical facilities and social work centers across the country, such as the Sinmyeong ( Faith and Enlightenment ) schools and the hospitals in the vicinities of Incheon, Yeoju and Jincheon as well as the orphanages in Suwon and Anjung.

Korean travel retailer Shilla Duty Free is on the verge of striking an agreement to open the world's first Louis Vuitton airport store at Seoul Incheon International airport towards the end of 2011.

The company was first established as National Motor in 1937 in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, South Korea.

In the playoff semi-final, they beat Seongnam Ilhwa 2 – 1, and in the final, they beat Incheon United 6 – 3 agg, with a hat-trick from Lee Chun-Soo in the first leg.

Despite that promising start to the year, Incheon recorded just one more victory in the first stage of the season and finished bottom of the table on just nine points.

After beating both Incheon and Beijing, Daegu drew 0: 0 with Queensland, winning the Tongyeong Cup and thus the first piece of silverware for Daegu's trophy cabinet.

He opted a move to K-League side Incheon United's first foray into professional football in 2004.

In January 1996, SK Telecom launched Korea ’ s first commercial CDMA cellular phone service in Incheon and Bucheon.

However, the treaty came out to be the first unequal treaty signed by Korea ; It gave extraterritorial rights to Japanese citizens in Korea, and forced the Korean government to open 3 ports to Japan, specifically Busan, Incheon and Wonsan.

The opening stage of the Russo-Japanese War began with a pre-emptive strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the Russian Pacific Fleet spread among Port Arthur, Vladivostok, and Chemulpo Bay ( now part of Incheon, Korea ).

Construction of the Gyeongbu Expressway was completed and linked Seoul to the nation's southeastern region and the port cities of Incheon and Busan.

South Korea's six largest cities — Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon and Incheon — all have subway systems.

The remaining six independent cities are called gwangyeok-si ( 광역시 ; literally, large city ) whose names are: Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Incheon, Gwangju, and Ulsan.

Examples are Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon and Ulsan in South Korea and Pyongyang and Rason in North Korea.

Many seaside resorts are located in Gyeongsang, Jeolla, Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Ulsan and Busan

Nearly every larger city in Germany is a consolidated city – county, like Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich or Dresden ; Austria, where the capital of Vienna is both a city and state ; France, where the capital city of Paris has been coterminous with the département of Paris since 1968 ; and South Korea, where Seoul is a special city, while six other cities ( Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Incheon, and Ulsan ) are metropolitan cities.

It is very popular in port cities such as Busan and Incheon.

In addition, due to consolidation, Changwon, the coastline, the country along the coast-to-coast city of more than one million population, Incheon, Busan will be followed by three of the above.

Asiana, Korean Air as well as Cathay Pacific operate red-eye flights from Hong Kong to Incheon near Seoul as well as Busan by Asiana and Dragonair.

The coming of the Korean War in the summer of 1950 led the cadet elements of the Imperial family to flee by an American landing craft from Incheon, along the coast down to Busan, then to live in a hillside monastery in Jeju Island till the war ended in the autumn of 1953 when they returned to Seoul.

Its manufacturing plants are located in Pohang, Incheon, Dangjin and Busan.

: Metropolitan Cities: Gwangju, Daegu, Daejeon, Busan, Incheon

* All Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Incheon, Busan, Daegu, and Daejeon buses

* Seoul, Incheon, Busan, Daegu and Daejeon Metropolitan Subway networks

The ROK Navy operates several naval bases in South Korea: Jinhae, Busan, Donghae, Pyeongtaek, Mokpo, Incheon, Pohang.

There was also an earlier semi-final defeat in the revamped Hauzen Cup competition, where Incheon lost 4 – 3 on penalties to FC Seoul after a goalless draw in normal time.

Sung Kyung-mo replaced Kim in the Incheon goal for the second leg, and though United claimed a 2 – 1 victory they lost out on the title 6 – 3 on aggregate, but finished their second season in existence as K-League runners-up.

Based in Incheon, they play their home games at Munhak Baseball Stadium.