Silmido
| Silmido | ||
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| Waters | Yellow Sea | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 24 '6 " N , 126 ° 23' 30" E | |
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| surface | 25 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
| Korean spelling | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 실미도 |
| Hanja : | 實 尾 島 |
| Revised Romanization : | Silmido |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Silmido |
Silmido is an uninhabited island in the Yellow Sea off the west coast of South Korea . Their area is approx. 0.25 km². It is located in the metropolitan area of Incheon and is about five kilometers southwest of Incheon Airport . It is located directly in front of the much larger, inhabited island of Muuido , which is connected to the mainland by a ferry.
The Silmido Incident
Silmido became historically relevant in the 1960s when it was used for a training area for an elite military unit that was supposed to assassinate the then North Korean leader Kim Il-sung . Remnants of the facility are still there. Under circumstances that have not yet been fully clarified, the members of the unit mutinied in 1971 and drove to Seoul , where they were killed or committed suicide.
Silmido is well known these days as the location of the 2003 film " Silmido ", which is loosely based on the Silmido incident. Thanks to the success of the film, the island has become a relatively well-known destination for tourists.