National Planning Committee Proposes Rapid Implementation of President's Sejong Office Construction

"President Lee Promises Construction Within His Term"

The Presidential National Planning Committee announced on August 5 that it has proposed to the government to select the construction of the President's Sejong Office as a priority task for rapid implementation and to promptly begin the design and public tender process.

Park Soo-hyun, Chair of the Special Committee on National Balanced Development of the National Planning Committee, stated at the Sejong Government Complex on the same day, "Since the legal basis for constructing the Sejong Office was already established through the amendment of the 'Special Act on Multifunctional Administrative City' in 2022, we must swiftly initiate the procedures for constructing the office as the first step toward completing the administrative capital."

Chair Park said, "In 2003, the late President Roh Moo-hyun pursued the relocation of the administrative capital as a core pledge for balanced national development," and added, "Following the Constitutional Court's ruling in 2004, the construction of the 'Multifunctional Administrative City' began as an alternative to relocating the administrative capital and has since gained momentum."

Chairman Suhyun Park Speaking (Seoul=Yonhap News) Photo by Dongju Park = On the 15th, at the meeting held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, between the Democratic Party of Korea's National Conference on Decentralization and Balanced Development, the Special Committee on National Balanced Growth of the National Planning Committee, and the Local Era Committee, Suhyun Park, chairman of the Special Committee on National Balanced Growth of the National Planning Committee, is speaking. 2025.7.15 pdj6635@yna.co.kr (End)

He explained, "Since construction began in 2007, the relocation of central government agencies and national research institutes has taken place, establishing the city as the central axis of national administration."

However, he emphasized, "The imbalance centered on the Seoul metropolitan area continues to intensify, and the need to complete the administrative capital is being raised once again."

Chair Park stated, "President Lee Jaemyung has promised to build the Sejong Office during his term and to complete the administrative capital through national consensus. Accordingly, the National Planning Committee has selected the construction of the President's Sejong Office as a priority task for rapid implementation."

Chair Park added, "We hope to construct the President's Sejong Office as a dignified building representing the nation within the president's term, and furthermore, to make Sejong City an important hub for balanced national development through the completion of the administrative capital."

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