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The phoenix flag, a symbol of Korea's presidency, is taken down from the previous presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, primarily used by former President Yoon Suk Yeol, on Dec. 29, 2025. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Defense, Foreign Ministries raided over Yoon's presidential residence relocation

A special counsel team raided the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday as part of its probe into suspicions linked to the presidential residence's relocation under former President Yoon Suk Yeol.

2026.3.17

Autumn foliage reaches its peak around the Blue House in Jongno District, central Seoul, as seen from the Foreign Ministry building on Nov. 7. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Lee's Blue House move to take place between Dec. 8 and 14

Korea’s presidential office will move back to the Blue House from its current Yongsan base in central Seoul between Dec. 8 and 14, officials exclusively told the JoongAng Ilbo, ending former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s three-year relocation experiment.

2025.11.11

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Yoo Hong-jun, director of the National Museum of Korea, answers lawmakers’ questions during the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee's parliamentary audit of the museum and related institutions on Oct. 22. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

Blue House a terrible place to live due to bad geomancy, says national museum director

Yoo Hong-jun, director of the National Museum of Korea, said Wednesday he urged the Lee Jae Myung administration to move the presidential residence to a quieter site in the old government guesthouse in central Seoul's Samcheong-dong.

2025.10.23

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a public address at the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Dec. 7, 2024. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

President Yoon arrested for masterminding martial law plot

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) on Wednesday arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, marking the first time a sitting president has been arrested in Korean history.

2025.1.15

A security officer patrols the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, central Seoul, on Jan. 14. [NEWS1]

With Yoon arrest attempt imminent, CIO to push ahead despite PSS resistance

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials said Tuesday its meeting with the police and the Presidential Security Service held earlier in the day would “not affect the plan” to execute a warrant to detain President Yoon.

2025.1.14

The president's resident in Hannam-dong, Yongsan, Seoul. [YONHAP]

Woman in custody after allegedly summoning 18 taxis to president's residence

The 32 year-old woman used a cab-hailing app to request a taxi every 5 to 10 minutes for two hours between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.

2024.2.7

The Yongsan Presidential Office in Hannam-dong, Yongsan [YONHAP]

Law banning rallies close to president's residence 'does not conform with Constitution'

The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled Thursday that the current law which bans a rally within 100 meters (328 feet) of the president's residence does not conform to the Constitution.

2022.12.22

A view of the new presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District, in central Seoul on Aug. 24, as final preparations are being made for President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee to move in. [YONHAP]

President may move to Hannam-dong residence this week

President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to move into the newly remodeled presidential residence in Hannam-dong in Yongsan District, central Seoul, as early as this week after commuting from his private residence for the past four months.

2022.9.4

President Yoon Suk-yeol takes a photo with children invited to a housewarming event celebrating the presidential office’s move to Yongsan District in central Seoul Sunday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

All the president's moves are coming along

President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee will move into the new presidential residence in Hannam-dong, central Seoul, in late July, while remodeling work on the Yongsan presidential office enters its final stages.

2022.6.20

A photograph of the current foreign minister's residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District, which the presidential transition team announced Sunday will serve as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's official residence once renovations are complete. [YONHAP]

Yoon to commute for one month due to new house renovations

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol to commute to the new presidential office in central Seoul from his private home for about a month after his inauguration while his new official residence is renovated, transition team officials said Sunday.

2022.4.24