It's been talked about numerous times in the Korean parliament, with the most recent concrete steps taken a few years ago to move some government agencies to Se

It's been talked about numerous times in the Korean parliament, with the most recent concrete steps taken a few years ago to move some government agencies to Sejong[1], 100 miles further south. As with most forced urban planning efforts, the city is struggling to attract residents who aren't civil servants. The city is expensive to build, expensive to maintain, and due to budget cuts there is (still) no planned high-speed rail[2], although it seems they are at least connected to at least one existing "normal passenger rail" line that takes 90 minutes with trains leaving every 30mins[3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_City [2] https://www.ft.com/content/ba9646f6-4dc6-11e3-8fa5-00144feabdc0 https://www.ft.com/content/ba9646f6-4dc6-11e3-8fa5-00144feab... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_City#Transportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_City#Transportation