The government will relocate 44 central administrative agencies still based in the Seoul metropolitan area to Sejong from 2027 in stages, including the Broadcast Media Communications Commission, the Personal Information Protection Commission and the Financial Services Commission. It will move 27 agencies using leased private offices, with 25 to complete relocation in 2027. Another 17 agencies will relocate by 2031 after building separate facilities. The plan includes budget estimates and support for relocating civil servants.

South Korea will begin pushing the relocation of administrative and public agencies from the first half of next year and pursue organisational reforms, including reducing 109 public institutions, the government said. Prime Minister Han Sung-sook (한성숙) said relocation plans for about 350 public agencies in the Seoul area would be announced in the fourth quarter under a principle of minimising those that remain, with moves to start from 2027. The government also plans to integrate entities with overlapping functions.