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South Korea plans to move Justice and Gender Equality ministries to Sejong in first half of 2027

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement New plan
  • South Korea plans to begin relocating the Justice Ministry, Gender Equality and Family Ministry and other central agencies to Sejong in the first half of 2027.
  • Agencies requiring purpose-built facilities, including the prosecution and police authorities, would move after new buildings are constructed.
  • The prime minister said the government will announce a relocation plan for about 350 metropolitan-area public institutions in the fourth quarter and also reduce 109 public institutions through structural reforms.

The Justice Ministry and Gender Equality and Family Ministry are among the central agencies South Korea plans to move to Sejong beginning in the first half of 2027.

Beginning in the first half of 2027, we will pursue relocations in stages, starting with institutions such as the Justice Ministry and Gender Equality Ministry that are large or expected to have a significant relocation effect.

· Yoon Ho-joongThe interior and safety minister outlined the timetable and priority agencies.

Interior and Safety Minister Yoon Ho-joong announced the plan at a government news conference on administrative and public-institution relocation. He said agencies with a large scale or strong expected relocation effect would move first and then relocate in stages. The ministry also plans to amend the Multifunctional Administrative City Act to remove the agencies from the list excluded from relocation.

Some institutions will follow a different schedule. Yoon said the prosecution authorities, including the proposed Public Prosecution Office and National Investigation Office, as well as the National Police Agency, require separate buildings and would move after new offices are built.

Agencies such as the prosecution authorities and the National Police Agency that require separate buildings will move after new offices are constructed.

· Yoon Ho-joongYoon explained why some agencies would not move during the initial phase.

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said the government would review about 350 public institutions in the Seoul metropolitan area under a principle of minimizing those that remain there. She said the relocation plan would be announced during the fourth quarter, with moves beginning in 2027.

We will announce a relocation plan in the fourth quarter for about 350 public institutions in the Seoul metropolitan area under the principle of minimizing those that remain there, and we will begin relocations in 2027.

· Han Seong-sookThe prime minister described the broader scope and schedule of the relocation policy.

Han also said the government would reduce 109 public institutions through strategic structural reform, the consolidation of similar and overlapping functions, and the integration of small institutions. The plan was presented alongside the broader program for relocating central government agencies and reorganizing public institutions.

Through strategic structural reform to strengthen global competitiveness, the consolidation of similar and overlapping functions, and the integration of small institutions, we will reduce a record 109 public institutions.

· Han Seong-sookHan linked the relocation announcement to the government’s public-institution restructuring plan.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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