Ministry of Justice to Move to Sejong in First Half of Next Year... Ending 44-Year Gwacheon Era

The Ministry of Justice is bringing its 44-year "Gwacheon era" to a close.

Today (the 3rd), the government announced that central government agencies, including the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Gender Equality, as well as public institutions in the capital area, are scheduled to relocate to Sejong City starting in the first half of next year.

The Gwacheon Government Complex was built in 1982 to alleviate the shortage of space at the Seoul Government Complex and reduce the concentration of population in the capital region. The Ministry of Justice moved into the Gwacheon complex the following year along with the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

The government stated that the headquarters of the Prosecution Service and the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency—which will launch on October 2 along with the abolition of the prosecutors' office—are also planned to be relocated to Sejong after constructing separate new buildings in the future.

The National Police Agency was also included in this second round of relocation.

However, since moving to a new building in Sejong City requires going through procedures from scratch—such as feasibility studies, site selection, budget acquisition, design, and construction—projections indicate that it will take a considerable amount of time before the relocation to the newly built complex is completed.

(Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Justice, Yonhap News)
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