Return to Cheong Wa Dae triggers wave of defense headquarters relocations

The presidential office is moving ahead with its plan to return to Cheong Wa Dae by the end of this month, setting in motion a series of relocations involving the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). If the schedule holds, the two organizations are expected to move back into the buildings they occupied prior to the presidential office’s transfer to Yongsan in 2022. Military officials say this would restore the layout that existed three years and seven months ago, although the exact timetable has not yet been finalized. According to defense officials, the ministry is preparing to return to the 10-story building in Yongsan that currently houses the presidential office. This building served as the ministry’s headquarters from 2003 until the Yoon Suk Yeol administration relocated the presidential office there shortly after taking office. Since then, the ministry has been operating out of the adjacent JCS building and the two organizations have shared the facility for more than three years. Several ministry units and direct-reporting commands have also been dWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times