President Lee Jae-myung vows to relocate the presidency to Sejong. But should he?

Despite Lee’s blueprint to transform Sejong into the new hub of state governance, the city needs better connectivity with other regions to fully function as the center of Korean state affairs, experts say.

2025-06-10

Build social consensus on the relocation first

The newly proposed relocation of the entire legislature calls for a thorough review.

2024-04-03

President's office to get a branch in Sejong

The National Assembly passed a bill to establish a branch of the presidential office in Sejong in keeping with President Yoon Suk-yeol's campaign pledge to promote balanced regional development.

2022-05-30

Moon beats drum of decentralization

President Moon Jae-in proposed a new national strategy for balanced regional development Thursday, stressing that it is urgent to disperse manpower and infrastructure concentrated in the metropolitan area.

2021-10-14

Overhaul the incentives

The public has become dumbfounded and enraged by the ways government employees built wealth through preferential housing supplies in compensation for the relocation of government offices to the administrative city of Sejong. The...

2021-05-20

Relocate or split SNU? Think again

“Why did I become the culprit for housing price increases in Seoul? Somebody please explain!” posted an engineering grad student in an online community of Seoul National University last month. He claimed he was from a humble...

2020-08-10

Korea’s Brasilia

Ever since the ruling Democratic Party (DP) raised the issue of relocating Korea’s administrative capital to Sejong City, I thought I’d drop by one day to take a look for myself. Last weekend as I drove to Daejeon to meet a...

2020-08-09

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