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\"Chemulpo:<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Japanese and Chinese Settlement in Chemulpo – Photo Courtesy BCW and Keystone-Mast Collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Don Southerton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As In the most recent Branding in Asia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.brandinginasia.com\/chemulpo-koreas-first-international-city<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bustling city of Incheon, South Korea, and its busy port, including Songdo, were once known as Chemulpo. It was Korea\u2019s first international city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, Incheon Metropolitan City mayor Yoo Jeong-bok envisions transforming the city into Asia\u2019s premier business hub, aspiring for it to become one of the world\u2019s top 10 cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 19th century, Chemulpo emerged as the main port for merchants trading with Korea. Strategically located on the west coast, it was home to residents from China, Japan, Britain, America, Germany, and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Western traders and officials gathered at the Chemulpo Club, which overlooked Incheon Harbor and was a popular meeting place for expatriates in the early 1900s. In 1896, William Franklin Sands, a young American diplomat newly assigned to Korea, described<\/a> Chemulpo and its high and low tides that exposed great expanses of mud as \u201can unattractive entrance to a great adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accounts from that time also depict the Chemulpo Club as a gathering place for foreigners to discuss political and business developments in the turbulent days before Japan formally annexed Korea in 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club was established in Seoul in August 1891 by diplomats and merchants from 11 countries. They initially met at a Western-style building in Seoul\u2019s downtown Jung District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in 1901, the Russian architect Aleksey Seredin-Sabatin built and relocated the Club to a two-story location in Chemulpo, which had become the hub of trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffering from neglect and the ravages of the Korean War, the club was restored in the late 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon after the building was restored, I saw it as the perfect venue for the 2009 release of \u201cChemulpo to Songdo IBD: Korea\u2019s International Gateway<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book was a historical and contemporary research endeavor\u2014including tracking down and acquiring rights to never-published early 1900s photographic plates, and translating the English content into the Korean language, too, for a bilingual work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The search for images would span both continents\u2013starting at Yonsei University Library where they attributed a series of engaging day-to-day Chemulpo images to the Keystone-Mast Collection, at the UCR\/ California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Keystone-Mast Collection comprises over 350,000 stereoscopic photographs and negatives that depict the world between the late-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UCR collection houses several archives including the Korean travelogue stereoscopic plates. In an era before widespread movies and the invention of TV, handheld viewers gave a 3D-like stereo image\u2014often of far-away and iconic destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These images stand out as if taken today bringing clarity into the Chemulpo port life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The August 2009 Chemulpo book event would attract over 100 attendees, including Mayor Ahn Sang Soo and his entourage, American and Korean officials from the Songdo IBD project, former U.S. ambassadors to South Korea, members of the press, and local dignitaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the book presentation, a walking tour was conducted for the guests of Incheon\u2019s Jayu Park and the historic Chinatown district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back, Incheon and Songdo have a rich international business history, and today, one that continues to adapt and draw global attention and opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city of Incheon, and its port, including Songdo, were Korea\u2019s first international city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This today, aligns well with the vision of Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok and the region\u2019s Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) commissioner Dr. Wonsok Yun for the city to become one of the world\u2019s top international business hubs. Dr. Peter Wonsok Yun<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Chemulpo:
Songdo today \u2013 Image by Daesun Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can view and download a complimentary copy of Chemulpo to Songdo IBD: Korea\u2019s International Gateway <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. Enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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