Politics · South Korea · 7 hrs ago
Government Said Foreign and Security Ministries’ Move to Sejong Was Not Under Review
The South Korean government announced on the 13th that most central government agencies in the Seoul metropolitan area would move to Sejong.
About a month earlier, it told the National Assembly that moving the foreign and unification ministries had not been considered.
The foreign, defence and unification ministries are among the agencies covered by the broader plan.
The timing has raised questions about whether the full relocation was decided hastily.
The account does not say what the government will do next.
The government told parliament that it had not considered moving the foreign and unification ministries to Sejong, a report said on October 16.
That statement was made about a month before the government announced that most central administrative agencies in the Seoul metropolitan area would move to Sejong.
The reported plan would also include foreign and security ministries such as the foreign, defense and unification ministries.
The report prompted criticism that the broader relocation had been decided hastily at the last minute.
- Who
- The government and the foreign, defense and unification ministries.
- What
- The government had told parliament that moving the foreign and unification ministries to Sejong had not been considered, before announcing a broader relocation plan.
- When
- The report was published on October 16, 2026; the government made its announcement on the 13th, about a month after its report to parliament.
- Where
- Sejong and the Seoul metropolitan area in South Korea.
- Why
- Critics questioned whether the broader relocation had been decided hastily at the last minute.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The government told parliament that it had not considered moving the foreign and unification ministries to Sejong.
The government announced that most central administrative agencies in the Seoul metropolitan area would move to Sejong.
Chosun Ilbo reported the earlier statement to parliament and the criticism that the broader move may have been decided hastily.
- Report date
- October 16, 2026
- Announcement date
- The 13th
- Earlier government statement
- Moving the foreign and unification ministries had not been considered
- Planned destination
- Sejong
- Ministries mentioned
- Foreign Affairs, Defense and Unification
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What people are saying
We have not considered the relocation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Unification.