(2nd LD) S. Korea to relocate some gov't ministries in Seoul to Sejong from 2027

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SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- The government announced Thursday it will begin to move some government ministries and agencies in the Seoul metropolitan area to the administrative city of Sejong next year, as well as public institutions to outside the capital in a major push to promote balanced regional growth.

The relocation will take place in phases, with the justice and gender ministries to be relocated to Sejong, about 110 kilometers south of Seoul, from the first half of next year, according to an interagency announcement.

Other agencies that require separate offices in Sejong, such as the National Police Agency and the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, set to launch next month, will relocate once their offices are newly built.

"Starting in the first half of 2027, we will push for the relocation of central administrative organizations located in the Seoul metropolitan area to the Sejong special self-governing city, beginning with those with large relocation sizes and ripple effects," Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said in a press conference.

"Sejong is the symbol and central axis of balanced national development," she said. "We will build a Sejong office of the president in August 2029 so as to put the administration's center in Sejong while providing support for the planned completion of the National Assembly hall in Sejong in 2030."

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook speaks during a briefing on government agency relocation plans at the government complex in Seoul on Sept. 3, 2026. (Yonhap)

The government will confirm the relocating agencies in the final quarter of this year, Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung said, noting that the foreign and unification ministries are also under consideration.

"(We) will finalize and announce the relocation plan and agencies subject to relocation during the fourth quarter of this year," Yun said.

The announcement marks the latest in a series of government agency relocations that have been carried out by successive administrations for more than a decade as part of efforts to ease the concentration of national functions in Seoul and promote balanced national development.

Relocations first got under way in 2012 when the prime minister's office became the first central government agency to move to Sejong. According to the National Agency for Administrative City Construction, 44 central government organizations have since completed relocation to the city.

Han said public institutions will also move out of the broader Seoul area.

Based on the principle of minimizing those staying put, the government will announce specific relocation plans in the fourth quarter of this year for 350 institutions located in the Seoul metropolitan area and start moving them next year, Han said.

The number of public institutions will also be reduced by 109, Han said, through structural reforms, the unification of similar and overlapping functions, and the consolidation of small-scale institutions.

"In response to the rapidly changing policy environment, we will boldly reform the functions of public institutions," she said. "Each ministry will establish implementation procedures, such as functional reform road maps, and institutions that do not require procedures such as legal amendments will commence implementation immediately." (END)

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(2nd LD) S. Korea to relocate some gov't ministries in Seoul to Sejong from 2027

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首尔，9月3日（韩联社）——韩国政府周四宣布，明年将开始把首尔都市圈的一些政府部门和机构迁往世宗市，并将一些公共机构迁往首都以外地区，此举旨在大力促进区域均衡发展。

根据跨部门公告，此次搬迁将分阶段进行，司法部和性别部将于明年上半年迁至首尔以南约 110 公里的世宗市。

其他需要在世宗市设立独立办公室的机构，如国家警察厅和即将于下个月成立的重案调查厅，将在新办公楼建成后迁入。

“从2027年上半年开始，我们将推动位于首尔都市圈的中央行政机构迁往世宗特别自治市，首先从那些搬迁规模大、影响范围广的机构开始，”韩国总理韩成淑在新闻发布会上表示。

“世宗是国家均衡发展的象征和中心轴，”她说。“我们将于2029年8月在世宗建造总统府，将行政中心设在世宗，同时支持计划于2030年在世宗建成的国会大厦。”

2026年9月3日，韩国总理韩成淑在首尔政府大楼举行的政府机构搬迁计划简报会上发表讲话。（韩联社）

行政部长官尹浩中表示，政府将在今年最后一个季度确认搬迁机构名单，并指出外交部和统一部也在考虑之列。

“我们将在今年第四季度最终确定并公布搬迁计划和需要搬迁的机构名单，”云说。

此次公告标志着十多年来历届政府为缓解国家职能过度集中于首尔、促进国家均衡发展而进行的一系列政府机构搬迁行动中的最新进展。

搬迁工作于2012年启动，当时总理府成为首个迁至世宗市的中央政府机构。据国家行政城市建设厅统计，此后已有44个中央政府机构完成了迁址。

韩表示，公共机构也将迁出首尔大都会区。

韩表示，政府将遵循尽量减少机构搬迁的原则，于今年第四季度公布首尔都市圈内350家机构的具体搬迁计划，并于明年开始搬迁。

韩表示，通过结构改革、合并相似和重叠的功能以及整合小型机构，公共机构的数量也将减少109个。

她表示：“面对瞬息万变的政策环境，我们将大胆改革公共机构的职能。各部委将制定实施细则，例如职能改革路线图；无需修改法律等程序的机构将立即开始实施。”（完）

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（第二项议程）韩国计划从2027年起将首尔的部分政府部门迁至世宗市。