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Hanagae Beach
Muuido (), also known as Muui Island, is an island in Incheon, South Korea. It is a small island located south of Yongyu Island, which was joined with Yeongjong Island through land reclamation when Incheon International Airport was built. Description Muuido has an area of and a coastline length of . From north to south, its length is about , and from east to west about . Muuido is served by a daily ferry from Incheon ferry terminal on the mainland, as well as by a frequent car ferry which crosses the narrow channel separating the island from Yongyu Island. Buses run from the airport and the Incheon Airport Maglev will also provide service to nearby Yongyu station. With the opening of Muui Bridge between Muui and Yeongjong, ferry service to the island has been reduced. Silmido Beach is located on the northwest of the island. Hanagae Beach Hanagae Beach is located on the west coast of the island. It is about a kilometer long and has a vast tidal flat. It has small c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incheon
Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, about 3 million people live in the city, making it South Korea's third-most-populous city after Seoul and Busan. The city's growth has been assured in modern times with the development of its port due to its natural advantages as a coastal city and its proximity to the South Korean capital. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, along with Seoul itself and Gyeonggi Province, forming the world's fourth-largest List of metropolitan areas by population, metropolitan area by population. Incheon has since led the economic development of South Korea by opening its port to the outside world, ushering in the modernization of South Korea as a center of industrialization. In 2003, the city was designated as South Korea's first free economic zon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctica Islandica
The ocean quahog (''Arctica islandica'') is a species of edible clam, a marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusc, mollusk in the family Arcticidae. This species is native to the North Atlantic Ocean, and it is harvested commercially as a food source. This species is also known by a number of different common names, including Icelandic cyprine, mahogany clam, mahogany quahog, black quahog, and black clam. The typical ''A. islandica'' resembles the hard clam, quahog, but the shell of the ocean quahog is rounder, the periostracum is usually black, and on the interior of the shell, the pallial line has no indentation, or pallial sinus, sinus. Unlike the quahog, which lives intertidal zone, intertidally and can be collected by clam digging, this species lives littoral zone, subtidally, and can only be collected by fishing dredge, dredging. They grow to sizes exceeding 50 mm or two inches shell height. Ming (clam), An individual specimen was reported to have lived 507 years, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabana At Hanagae Beach, Muuido
A cabana is a type of shelter often found near beaches or pools. A cabana can be used to relax in the shade or change clothes. A cabana bathroom is a bathroom attached to a building or a house that is commonly used by swimmers and beachgoers. See also * * Cabana boy * Canopy (architecture) * Gazebo * Palapa (structure) * Vernacular architecture Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. It is not a particular architectural movement or style but rather a broad category, encompassing a wide range a ... References {{Authority control Coastal construction Garden features Huts Pavilions Swimming pools Vernacular architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silmido (film)
''Silmido'' () is a List of South Korean films of 2003, 2003 South Korean action drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk. It is based on the 1999 novel ''Silmido'' by Baek Dong-ho, which in turn is based on the true story of Unit 684. Some parts of the film are dramatizations, as the actual details of certain events remain unknown. The film was both critically well received and a financial success, and was the first film in South Korea to attract a box office audience of over 10 million viewers. Plot On 21 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos of Unit 124 are shown to have infiltrated South Korea in a Blue House raid, failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung Hee. As a means of retaliation, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces assembled a team of 31 social outcasts including criminals on death penalty, death row and life imprisonment, in a plot to kill Kim Il Sung. The team is designated 'Unit 684'. The recruits are taken to the island of Silmido for training. The mission is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unit 684
209th Detachment, 2325th Group (), commonly known as Unit 684 (684부대), was a special forces unit of the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) that specialized in black operation, direct action, irregular warfare, long-range penetration, and special operations that are extremely high-risk and dangerous. It was formed to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1968, in retaliation for the North's botched Blue House raid. The unit consisted of 31 civilian recruits, mostly petty criminals and unemployed youths, and underwent three years of harsh training on the island of Silmido. The assassination mission was cancelled in 1971 and the unit mutinied, resulting in a firefight in Seoul in which most of the members of the unit were killed. The four survivors were sentenced to death by a military tribunal and executed. Formation The 209th Detachment, 2325th Group was founded on 1 April 1968 by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA), the main intelligence agency of South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silmido
Silmido (), or Silmi Island, is an uninhabited island in Incheon, South Korea. The island is in the Yellow Sea and is closest to Muuido, which is connected to the mainland by ferry. It is about southwest of Yongyu Island, where Incheon International Airport is located. Most of Silmido island consists of hills that are around high. Unit 684 On January 21, 1968, a group of 31 North Korean military soldiers were sent to South Korea by Kim Il Sung to kill President Park Chung Hee. A firefight began when the commandos were just 800 yards from the Blue House (the South Korean Presidential Palace). The attempt failed and all but two of the 31 North Koreans were either killed by the South Korean security forces or committed suicide. In retaliation for the attack, South Korea established a secret military unit, Unit 684, to assassinate Kim Il Sung. From January 21, 1968, to August 23, 1971, Silmido served as the training ground for the unit. Under circumstances which remain uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatever That Means
Whatever may refer to: Music Albums * ''Whatever'' (Adore Delano album), 2017 * ''Whatever'' (Aimee Mann album), 1993 * ''Whatever'' (Danny Thompson album), 1987 * ''Whatever'' (The Friends of Distinction album), 1970 * ''Whatever'' (Green Velvet album), 2001 * ''Whatever'' (Hot Chelle Rae album) or the title song, 2011 * ''Whatever'' (Jennifer Batten album) or the title song, 2007 * '' Whatever...'', a comedy album by Guido Hatzis, 2000 * '' Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box'', a Rhino Records box set, 2005 * ''Whatever'', by Megumi Hayashibara, 1992 * ''Whatever'', an EP by bbno$, 2018 Songs * "Whatever" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), 1999 * "Whatever" (Cro song), 2013 * "Whatever" (En Vogue song), 1997 * "Whatever" (Godsmack song), 1998 * "Whatever" (Ideal song), 2000 * "Whatever" (Jill Scott song), 2005 * "Whatever" (Kygo and Ava Max song), 2024 * "Whatever" (Oasis song), 1994 * "Whatever" (The Statler Brothers song), 1982 * "Whatever", by 4minute from ''Name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo Sazae
''Turbo sazae'', also known by its Japanese name sazae (サザエ), is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Turbo sazae'' Fukuda, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994353 on 2018-12-28 Despite being commonly eaten in Japan, it had long been confused with ''Turbo cornutus'' and with '' Turbo japonicus'' before Fukuda (2017) pointed it out. Distribution This species occurs in South Korea and Japan. Culinary Use Sazae is enjoyed as a delicacy in Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... After cooking, the corkscrew-like mollusk can be drawn out of its shell using its hard operculum, or hard, rocky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mactridae
Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusks in the order (biology), order Venerida. Description These clams have two short siphons, each with a horny sheath. The shell is shaped like a rounded-cornered equilateral triangle and there is a slight gape at the posterior. Each valve bears two cardinal teeth with four lateral teeth on the right valve and two on the left. The foot is white and wedge-shaped. They mostly inhabit the neritic zone. Ecology Trough shells burrow in sand or fine gravel and never in muddy substrates. Subfamilies and genera According to the World Register of Marine Species (2025), this family contains 56 genera and is split into the following subfamilies: Subfamily Darininae * ''Darcinia'' Clark, 1946 * ''Darina (bivalve), Darina'' J. E. Gray, 1853 Subfamily Lutrariinae * ''Eastonia'' J. E. Gray, 1853 * ''Heterocardia'' Deshayes, 1855 * ''Lutraria'' Lamarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neverita Didyma
''Neverita didyma'', common name the bladder moon snail or moon shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Subspecies * ''Neverita didyma ampla'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Neverita didyma hayashii'' (Azuma, 1961) * ''Neverita didyma hosoyai'' (Kira, 1959) Description The size of an adult shell of this species varies between 20 mm and 90 mm. Like all naticids, this species is a carnivore and a predator. Distribution This marine species is found in the Yellow Sea or off the coast of the Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa of the Indian Ocean. Culinary use In Korean cuisine Korean cuisine is the set of foods and culinary styles which are associated with Korean culture. This cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient Prehistoric Korea, agricultural and nomad ... the snails are used in a dish called '' golbaengi-muchim'' (moon snail salad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portunus Trituberculatus
''Portunus trituberculatus'', also known as the ''gazami'' crab, Asian blue crab or horse crab, is the most widely fished species of crab in the world. It is found off the coasts of East Asia and is closely related to '' Portunus armatus''. Fishery ''Portunus trituberculatus'' is the world's most heavily fished crab species, with over 300,000 tonnes being caught annually, 98% of it off the coast of China. This is because it is considered highly nutritious, especially in regard to crab cream (roe). Distribution ''Portunus trituberculatus'' is found off the coasts of Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan. Description The carapace may reach wide, and from front to back. ''P. trituberculatus'' may be distinguished from the closely related (and also widely fished) ''P. armatus'' by the number of broad teeth on the front of the carapace (three in ''P. trituberculatus'', four in ''P. armatus'') and on the inner margin of the merus (four in ''P. trituberculatus'', three in ''P. arma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yongyu Island
Yeongjong Island () is an island in Jung District, Incheon, South Korea. It contains Incheon International Airport as well as small villages, farms, and beaches. The previously separate Yongyu, Sammok, and Sinbul Islands have been joined to Yeongjong Island by an area of reclaimed land built for the construction of the airport. Description The island is an exclave of Incheon's Jung District, Incheon, Jung District, and can be accessed from the mainland via two bridges, Yeongjong Bridge and Incheon Bridge. In addition to the airport, the island is known for Eulwangni Beach and Wangsan Beach on the west coast, and the temple Yongguksa in the central part. The island also has a ferry terminal on its southwest coast for daily ferry service to the island Muuido. The Incheon Airport Maglev connects the airport to Yongyu station near the ferry terminal. Incheon Free Economic Zone Yeongjong Island is considered part of the Incheon Free Economic Zone with a concentration on airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
