Ruling Party Includes National Assembly and Blue House Relocation in Administrative Capital Design Service

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] The Democratic Party of Korea will take a full-fledged step toward the 'completion of the administrative capital' by directly visiting Sejong on the 3rd to inspect candidate sites for the National Assembly and the Blue House.

According to the Democratic Party on the 2nd, the party's Administrative Capital Completion Promotion Team plans to visit Sejong City on the morning of the 3rd and hold a meeting with Sejong Mayor Lee Chun-hee and others.

The Promotion Team envisions reviewing land on the premise that the entire National Assembly building and the Blue House will be completely relocated to Sejong, and commissioning design services that include the main plenary hall. In this regard, the team plans to tour the National Assembly Sejong Office and the Blue House's second office candidate sites located in Sejong.

Earlier, the National Assembly Secretariat commissioned the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements last year to conduct a study on the branch site of the National Assembly in Sejong, which concluded that a 500,000㎡ site south of Jeonwolsan in Sejong City is suitable.

Since a budget of 2 billion KRW for the branch design has already been secured, the Promotion Team intends to gather opinions from Sejong City and the Administrator of the Administrative City Construction Agency regarding the specific commissioning of design services through an on-site meeting.

A representative of the Promotion Team stated, "Since the candidate site located in Sejong is large enough to relocate the entire National Assembly and Blue House, we need to keep in mind the possibility of moving not only some standing committees but also the main plenary hall of the National Assembly and create a blueprint accordingly."

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