SK ministries to stay in Seoul
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January 12, 2010, Tuesday
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SOUTH Korea is to scrap a controversial project to relocate part of the government out of the capital of Seoul, saying it would cause inefficiency in state affairs and waste taxpayer money.
The project has been a hot issue in South Korean politics for months, with conservative President Lee Myung-bak seeking to revise his liberal predecessor's plan to move more than half of 15 government ministries to a yet-to-be-built city.
Opposition parties and Lee's political rivals in his own ruling Grand National Party have urged the president to stick to the original plan, whose aim was to help balance regional development and resolve traffic and housing problems for Seoul's 10 million residents.
Any changes to the original plan - enacted by the government of former President Roh Moo-hyun - require parliamentary approval.
Yesterday, Lee's government announced it would discard the original plan and instead attract a slew of businesses, universities and other facilities to the new city, about 160 kilometers south of Seoul.
The project has been a hot issue in South Korean politics for months, with conservative President Lee Myung-bak seeking to revise his liberal predecessor's plan to move more than half of 15 government ministries to a yet-to-be-built city.
Opposition parties and Lee's political rivals in his own ruling Grand National Party have urged the president to stick to the original plan, whose aim was to help balance regional development and resolve traffic and housing problems for Seoul's 10 million residents.
Any changes to the original plan - enacted by the government of former President Roh Moo-hyun - require parliamentary approval.
Yesterday, Lee's government announced it would discard the original plan and instead attract a slew of businesses, universities and other facilities to the new city, about 160 kilometers south of Seoul.
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