Overview

• President Lee will move into the former Yoon Suk Yeol residence in Hannam-dong until Cheong Wa Dae is ready for office operations.
• A maintenance project began June 4 on Cheong Wa Dae’s 1.31-kilometer walking trails; the main office building and state guesthouse remain open to visitors.
• The compound continues to welcome tours with reservations available up to four weeks in advance and regular weekend performances maintained.
• Visitor interest surged in May with 427,780 guests—more than twice last year’s total—and a joint poll found nearly 60% of South Koreans back Lee working at Cheong Wa Dae.
• The planned return reverses the costly 2022 move to Yongsan—which ran about 325 billion won, 6.6 times its initial estimate—and Lee also envisions establishing Sejong as an administrative capital by 2030, a goal experts view as a long-term project.