She asked the ROK to share its successful experiences of building
Sejong City as the ROKs new administrative city.
The project will be modeled after Malaysia's Putrajaya and South Korea's
Sejong City. It is envisioned to help ease the traffic gridlock and overpopulation in the capital.
Under the vehicle restrictions, government employees in
Sejong City, an administrative town 123 kilometers south of Seoul, are to leave their cars behind if the last digit on their license plate matches that of the calendar date.
SEOUL, March 15 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's visiting Minister of State for Housing Affairs Yasser Abul met on Tuesday with South Korean Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kang Hoin in
Sejong City. During the meeting, Abul was briefed on South Korea's expertise in urban development and establishing and managing smart cities.
There are some branches at bad locations in the capital and the surrounding metropolitan regions, while we need more branches in growing regions like
Sejong City.'
About 2,000 residents and dignitaries from Seoul attended the launch of
Sejong City, which will cost 22.5 trillion won ($19.4 billion) when completed.
President Lee, who won with huge majority in 2007, began to backtrack on
Sejong City plan and appointed Chung, a staunch opponent to the plan as prime minister.
Last weekend, Premier Chung Un Chan also offered his resignation after the government failed to get a plan to relocate several ministries from Seoul to
Sejong City, a newly developed city 150 kilometres south of the capital, through the National Assembly.
"Today's main topic is public safety," Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon said during the joint media conference at the Sejong Convention Center in
Sejong City, Wednesday.
But opposition parties have refused to endorse Chung, partly because of his lukewarm comments about plans to relocate some ministries and administrative bodies to a new city known as
Sejong City in the centre of the country.
Contract awarded for Maintenance management of road non-point pollution abatement facility in
sejong city in 2019
At various stages of construction or expansion to participate in the inaugural conference of the Association, where some of these cities are more than 100 years old, while the age of some, such as
Sejong City, is only 5 years.
