Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Presidential security to minimize public inconvenience during relocation to Blue House

The Presidential Security Service said Sunday it will ensure robust security around the Blue House following the relocation of the presidential office to the compound, while working to minimize inconvenience to the public.

2025-12-14

Getting ready

Work to relocate the presidential office from Yongsan to Blue House began on Dec 9. That afternoon, workers are seen trimming garden trees beyond the main gate of Blue House in Jongno District, central Seoul.

2025-12-09

Presidential office set to begin relocating office facilities to Blue House

The presidential office was preparing to start to relocate office facilities to the former presidential compound of the Blue House, on Tuesday, with the move set to be completed by the end of this month, officials said.

2025-12-09

Presidential office to relocate facilities to the Blue House later this month

The presidential office said Sunday it plans to relocate office facilities to the former presidential compound of the Blue House in central Seoul before Christmas, following months of repairs and renovation works.

2025-12-07

Defense Ministry receives $16M in funding to move back to Yongsan headquarters

With President Lee Jae Myung expected to move the presidential office back to the Blue House, the Ministry of National Defense said that it would need 23.9 billion won ($16 million) to return to its previous Yongsan headquarters.

2025-11-23

Lee's Blue House move to take place between Dec. 8 and 14

Korea’s presidential office will move back to the Blue House from its current Yongsan base in central Seoul between Dec. 8 and 14, officials exclusively told the JoongAng Ilbo, ending former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s three-year relocation experiment.

2025-11-11

Is bad geomancy to blame? The tumultuous history of the Blue House as Lee plans return.

The Blue House will begin its new chapter by welcoming the return of the nation’s top elected official as an occupant. But questions linger whether the move will enable better state governance or become another politically contested issue.

2025-11-11

Blue House a terrible place to live due to bad geomancy, says national museum director

Yoo Hong-jun, director of the National Museum of Korea, said Wednesday he urged the Lee Jae Myung administration to move the presidential residence to a quieter site in the old government guesthouse in central Seoul's Samcheong-dong.

2025-10-23

Images of North's leader altered to remove Blue House model, missile factory interior

North Korea appears to have deliberately deleted or edited out a model of the Blue House and images of a missile factory’s interior from recently released photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting military sites.

2025-09-16

President Lee tells foreign envoys Korea will practice 'pragmatic' diplomacy abroad, embrace diversity at home

President Lee Jae Myung pledged a foreign policy 'grounded in pragmatism' and domestic vision embracing diversity during a banquet for the foreign diplomatic corps at the Blue House on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of Korean independence.

2025-08-15