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'{{For|the sports club|Wolmido Sports Club}} {{short description|South Korean island}} {{coord|37.472311|126.602314|format=dms|display=title}} {{Infobox Korean name | hangul = {{linktext|월|미|도|}} | hanja = {{linktext|月|尾|島|}} | rr = Wolmido | mr = Wŏlmido | context = | img = File:Walmido promenade.jpg | caption = }} '''Wolmido Island''' (월미도), also known as '''Wŏlmi-do''', is an island one kilometer off the coast of [[South Korea]] near [[Incheon]]. It was connected to the mainland by a highway in 1989, and was later connected by a [[Wolmi_Monorail|monorail]] which opened in late 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=1551564 | publisher = Korea Tourism Organization | title = Where the Sky and the Sea Are Open to the World | date = n.d. | accessdate = November 9, 2012 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121110025908/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=1551564 | archivedate = November 10, 2012 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/Incheon01.html | title = Wolmido Monorail: Incheon, South Korea | publisher = The Monorail Society | accessdate = March 25, 2012 | archivedate = 2011-06-17 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110617091811/http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Incheon01.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> It is a weekend destination and tourist area, with restaurants, the [[theme park]] Play Hill and the areas Meeting Square, Arts Square, Performance Square, and Good Harvest Square.<ref name=tourismorganization>{{cite web | url = http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264305 | title = Incheon » Jung-gu » Wolmido Island | publisher = Korea Tourism Organization | accessdate = March 25, 2012 | archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/6C3oNvhiw?url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264305 | archivedate = November 10, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> The Korean Traditional Garden at Wolmi Park (월미공원) was established in 2001 after the relocation of the Army base which had been located there for 50 years.<ref name=tourismorganization /> ==History== [[File:Wolmi Island Marines 127-N-A2696.jpg|thumbnail|left|U.S. Marines and a planted flag atop Wolmi Island, at Inchon in 1950]] On September 10, 1950, the [[U.S. Army]] began five days of bombing Wolmido Island, which contained [[North Korea]]n Army soldiers. Several hundred civilians were killed in the dropping of 93 napalm bombs. The battle was inspiration for the [[Cinema of North Korea|North Korean Propaganda Film]] ''Wolmi Island'' produced in 1982.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/377011.html|title=Wolmido residents demand joint investigation into Korean War massacre|work=[[The Hankyoreh]]|date=September 16, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325134030/http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/377011.html|archivedate=March 25, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown}} Additional on March 25, 2012</ref> An Army base was established at the site of what became Wolmi Park (월미공원) after the base's relocation. The site was turned into a garden and opened to the public in 2001.<ref name=tourismorganization /> [[File:Wolmido south korea - landing with ferry - sept 2018.jpg|thumb|260px|Landing on Wolmido island via ferry]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Islands of Incheon]] [[Category:Jung District, Incheon]] [[Category:Former islands of South Korea]]'