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Land minister says housing at Yongsan Park will be limited to nonfunctional sites

Land Minister Kim Yun-duk clarified that the government would only construct housing on land in Yongsan Park that no longer serves as green space, such as military apartments and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration site.

2026.8.19

Seoul balks at gov’t proposal to build in green spaces as part of housing supply plan

The capital said greenbelt areas should be preserved at all costs, while welcoming moves to ease the redevelopment project process.

2026.8.13

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Oh presses Blue House on housing supply, but ends lunch without agreement

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon urged the presidential office to ease building rules and rethink Yongsan housing plans, but the two sides left a lunch meeting without finding common ground.

2026.8.5

Housing supplies must follow eased restrictions

he government must eagerly seek out help from the main opposition through persuasive reasoning on supply measures.

2024.11.6

Cautiously ease greenbelt regulations

But frenzied development in greenbelt zones must be contained.

2024.2.22

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, visits a vendor at Sinjeong Market, a traditional market in Ulsan, after holding the 13th public livelihood debate in the port city earlier that day. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon pledges first drastic easing of greenbelt regulations in two decades

President Yoon Suk Yeol promised on Wednesday drastic reforms to ease regulations on so-called "greenbelt" zones for the first time in two decades.

2024.2.21

A greenbelt in Naegok-dong, Seocho District, in Seoul. [YONHAP]

Gov't moves to make developing greenbelts much easier

The regulatory change reportedly aims to boost regional economies, especially ones in severe decline. Yoon's planned lifting of development restrictions would be the most significant relaxation of greenbelt regulations since May 2015.

2023.11.29

Taereung Country Club of the Korean Military Academy in Nowon District of Seoul. [YONHAP]

Moon's home supply plan contradicts his own greenbelt policy

President Moon Jae-in’s order to develop a military country club in Seoul to build more apartments amid skyrocketing housing prices stirred up fresh controversy on Tuesday, as it contradicts his other instructions to preserve greenbelt zones.

2020.7.21

View of Jamsil, Songpa District, southern Seoul. Apartment prices in the neighborhood increased sharply despite government measures to cool housing prices. [YONHAP]

Fog of war on property leaves market dazed and confused

Mixed messages from the government on the property market are further muddying the already muddy real estate waters.Measures have been talked up left and right, some announced and some leaked.

2020.7.17

Greenbelt-protected land may be developed

Despite the dire housing shortage in Seoul and a brewing property bubble, 150 square kilometers (58 square miles) sits virtually empty within the city. The government has its eye on these areas and is hoping to develop of the land.

2020.7.16