US returns the southern part of a military post to South Korea

The US government has returned part of the US military base in central Seoul South Korea on the 10th, the government policy coordination office said.

A statement from the bureau said that the South Korean government had received 51,000 square meters of land southeast of the Yongsan garrison by US forces. The return area included the southern and southwestern gates of the garrison and the roads leading to the gates.

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Immediately after taking office on May 10, President Yoon Seok-yeol moved the Blue House to the former Ministry of National Defense building near Yongsan Base.

The Korean government made the statement in a joint statement announced jointly by relevant government agencies such as the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I will explain the results to the public, “he said.

The Ministry of National Defense announced on the 27th that 69 of the 80 U.S. bases to which it had promised to return under the 2002 ROK-US alliance project and the 2004 Yongsan relocation project had been relocated to South Korea.

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This additional comeback will stimulate President Yoon’s symbolic promise to turn the Yongsan-gun site into the first national park by the end of this year and open it to the public in a way to interact with better people.

Yongsan Future Park is located near Yongsan-gu Blue House, Jung-gu, Seoul.

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