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On 20 December 1997 some offices of the national government were moved to the <a href="/wiki/Government_Complex,_Daejeon" title="Government Complex, Daejeon">Daejeon Government Complex</a> to offset the unbalance developments around <a href="/wiki/Seoul_Capital_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul Capital Area">Sudogwon</a>. In 2004, former President <a href="/wiki/Roh_Moo-hyun" title="Roh Moo-hyun">Roh Moo-hyun</a> purpose plans to move the national capital further away from the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone" title="Korean Demilitarized Zone">Korean Demilitarized Zone</a>. However disputes within the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">National Assembly</a> and ruling of the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Korea" title="Constitutional Court of Korea">Constitutional Court of Korea</a> prevented the relocation.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 July 2012 some functions of government have moved to <a href="/wiki/Sejong_City" title="Sejong City">Sejong</a> and became the de facto administrative capital of South Korea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provincial_capitals">Provincial capitals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_capitals_in_South_Korea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Provincial capitals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_South_Korea" title="Administrative divisions of South Korea">Provincial division</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Korea" title="Regions of Korea">Region</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:KR" title="ISO 3166-2:KR">ISO</a> </th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andong" title="Andong">Andong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Gyeongsang_Province" title="North Gyeongsang Province">North Gyeongsang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yeongnam" title="Yeongnam">Yeongnam</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Korea" title="List of cities in South Korea">City</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yeonje_District" title="Yeonje District">Yeonje</a>)* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yeongnam" title="Yeongnam">Yeongnam</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial-level_cities_of_South_Korea" title="List of provincial-level cities of South Korea">Metropolitan city</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Changwon" title="Changwon">Changwon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Gyeongsang_Province" title="South Gyeongsang Province">South Gyeongsang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yeongnam" title="Yeongnam">Yeongnam</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Korea" title="List of cities in South Korea">Specific city</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheongju" title="Cheongju">Cheongju</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Chungcheong_Province" title="North Chungcheong Province">North Chungcheong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoseo" title="Hoseo">Hoseo</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-43 </td> <td>Specific city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuncheon" title="Chuncheon">Chuncheon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gangwon_Province_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangwon Province (South Korea)">Gangwon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwandong" title="Gwandong">Gwandong</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-42 </td> <td>City </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jung_District,_Daegu" title="Jung District, Daegu">Jung</a>)* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yeongnam" title="Yeongnam">Yeongnam</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-27 </td> <td>Metropolitan city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seo_District,_Daejeon" title="Seo District, Daejeon">Seo</a>)* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoseo" title="Hoseo">Hoseo</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-30 </td> <td>Metropolitan city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seo_District,_Gwangju" title="Seo District, Gwangju">Seo</a>)* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Honam" title="Honam">Honam</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-29 </td> <td>Metropolitan city </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hongseong_County" title="Hongseong County">Hongseong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Chungcheong_Province" title="South Chungcheong Province">South Chungcheong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoseo" title="Hoseo">Hoseo</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gun_(administrative_division)" title="Gun (administrative division)">County</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Namdong_District" title="Namdong District">Namdong</a>)* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seoul_Capital_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul Capital Area">Sudogwon</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-28 </td> <td>Metropolitan city </td></tr> <tr> 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title="Boram-dong">Boram</a>)* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sejong_City" title="Sejong City">Sejong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoseo" title="Hoseo">Hoseo</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-50 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial-level_cities_of_South_Korea" title="List of provincial-level cities of South Korea">Metropolitan autonomous city</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jung_District,_Seoul" title="Jung District, Seoul">Jung</a>)* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seoul_Capital_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul Capital Area">Sudogwon</a> </td> <td align="right">KR-11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_provincial-level_cities_of_South_Korea" title="List of provincial-level cities of South Korea">Special city</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gyeonggi_Province" title="Gyeonggi Province">Gyeonggi</a> </td> <td><a 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