Jayu Park, Incheon: Korea’s First Western-Style Park and the MacArthur Statue

Statue of General MacArthur on a tall stone pedestal in Jayu Park under a clear blue sky

Jayu Park (자유공원) is the hill I think of whenever someone asks me what old Incheon was like. It covers the whole of Eungbongsan (응봉산), a low hill rising behind Incheon Station and Chinatown, and from the top you look straight out over the port, the cranes, and the open water of the Yellow Sea. … Read more