Cheongdo County to Digitize Old Land Registers in Hangul and Build Digital DB Over Five Years

Starting in 2026, Over 240,000 Registers Targeted

Chinese Characters and Japanese-Style Calendar to be Converted to Hangul

Significant Improvement Expected in Speed and Accuracy of Property-Related Civil Affairs, Including Ancestral Land Searches

Cheongdo County (Governor Kim Hasu) is set to officially launch the "Old Land Register Hangul Advancement Project," which will convert old land (forest) registers recorded in Chinese characters into Hangul and build them into a digital database (DB).

This project will be carried out as a five-year plan from 2026 to 2030, with a total budget of 600 million won. The county will gradually organize a total of 241,900 registers for each town and township.

Cheongdo County Office Exterior View

Until now, the old registers from the Japanese colonial era were written in complex Chinese characters and used the Japanese imperial calendar, making it difficult for ordinary residents to interpret the contents.

As a result, there have been inconveniences such as prolonged administrative processing times whenever residents needed to handle property-related civil affairs, such as discovering ancestral land or verifying changes in ownership.

Through this project, the county plans to convert all Chinese characters and Japanese-style calendar notations into Hangul and establish a searchable DB system for each item.

This is expected to significantly improve the accuracy of cadastral administration and drastically reduce the time required to process civil affairs.

Kim Hasu, Governor of Cheongdo County, stated, "This project will serve as an important turning point in protecting the valuable property rights of our residents and enhancing the reliability of cadastral administration," adding, "We will continue to do our best to implement digital-based administrative services that residents can truly experience."

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