South Korea to relocate about 10,000 government jobs to Sejong from Seoul by 2031
The relocation would shift 9,929 employees and 44 agencies as South Korea tries to ease the concentration of power in the capital region.
- On Tuesday, Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung announced South Korea will relocate 44 government agencies and nearly 10,000 public servants from Seoul to Sejong between 2027 and 2031.
- The relocation strategy aims to decentralize the concentration of population and capital in Seoul while addressing demographic decline in other regions, according to government plans.
- Twenty-Seven agencies representing 2,995 jobs will move in 2027 using leased space, while 17 agencies including the foreign, unification and defense ministries will relocate by 2031 into new facilities.
- The government estimates a $2.3 billion investment to construct new office complexes while seeking legislative changes to remove relocation exemptions for the foreign, unification and defense ministries.
- A presidential office in Sejong is due for completion in 2029, with a Sejong branch of parliament scheduled to open in 2033 to support the administrative shift.
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South Korea to relocate about 10,000 government jobs to Sejong from Seoul by 2031
South Korea will relocate about 10,000 government jobs and 44 central government agencies from the Seoul metropolitan area to Sejong city between 2027 and 2031, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
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연합뉴스-Yonhap News AgencyForeign, unification, defense ministries to relocate to Sejong by 2031
The foreign, unification and defense ministries will relocate from Seoul to the central administrative city of Sejong by 2031 as part of a broader government agency relocation plan affecting nearly 10,000 public servants, the interior ministry said Tuesday. The ministry announced the plan following last month's decision to relocate some government ministries and public institutions to Sejong, about 110 kilometers south of Seoul, starting next ye…
The government is relocating 44 central administrative agencies remaining in the capital area to Sejong City in stages. Starting next year, 27 agencies utilizing leased office spaces will move first, while the remaining 17 are scheduled to complete their relocation by 2031 through the construction of new buildings. The government plans to invest a total budget of over 3.1 trillion won, along with establishing support measures for relocating civi…
The government announced that it will relocate 44 central administrative agencies and affiliated organizations located in the Seoul metropolitan area, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Unification, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Financial Services Commission, to Sejong by 2031. On the 13th, Minister of the Interior and Safety Yoon Ho-joong held a press conference at the Government Complex Seoul and stated, “27…
(ATTN: UPDATES with details, background; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- The foreign, unification and defense ministries will relocate from Seoul to the central administrative city of Sejong by 2031 as part of a broader government agency rel
[Digital Daily, Reporter Park Jae-san] The Personal Information Protection Committee (Gaebo Committee) will move to Sejong City during the first half of 2027. As the government determined the target and timing of the transfer of the central administrative agency to Sejong in the metropolitan area, it was included in the six agencies that moved the government office first to the rental office. On the 13th, Minister of Administration and Security …
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