Incheon

Out of Eden Walk: An untold history of the US presence in Korea

Out of Eden Walk

In host Marco Werman’s latest conversation with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, Salopek arrives at the shores of Incheon in South Korea. He explores an old fort there connected to the US invasion of South Korea in 1871 — a history largely unknown by many in the US and one that impacted the Korean Peninsula’s history for decades to follow.

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