Branch of the National Assembly in Sejong... National Assembly Legislative Affairs Committee Passes Bill to Establish Sejong Assembly Hall

On the 1st, with warm spring weather, cherry blossoms are in full bloom along Yeouiseo-ro near the National Assembly in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Yeongdeungpo-gu will accept applications for entry to the Yeouiseo-ro cherry blossom path on the spring flower festival website in three sessions: from the 1st to 2nd, 5th to 6th, and 7th to 8th. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., 72 people can enter at a time, allowing a total of 504 people per day to enjoy the festival in a limited capacity. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 24th unanimously approved a bill to establish a branch of the National Assembly building in Sejong City.

The Legislation and Judiciary Committee held a plenary session that day and submitted and processed the amendment to the National Assembly Act containing this provision.

The amendment explicitly states the clause "A branch of the National Assembly shall be established in Sejong Special Self-Governing City as the Sejong Assembly Hall." As an attached opinion, the National Assembly Secretariat was instructed to promptly establish a plan for the construction of the Sejong Assembly Hall using the 2021 design budget.

This amendment was previously approved by bipartisan agreement at the National Assembly Steering Committee on the 30th of last month. It is expected to be voted on in the plenary session as early as the 27th or 29th.

If the bill passes the plenary session, the design order process for the branch can immediately proceed with the already secured design budget of 14.7 billion KRW. The expected period for designing the Sejong Assembly Hall is two years, and construction will take three years, so it is expected to open in the second half of 2026 at the earliest.

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