“The presidential office building, which cost tens of billions of won, may become a taboo place,” the South Korean newspaper dong-a Ilbo reported on the 9th. Many candidates for the 21st presidential election said, “Not to the Long S?n presidential palace.”. According to South Korean media, after June’s presidential election, there has been much attention on whether the presidential office will be based in Blue House, stay in Long S?n or move to Sejong City.
“Let Blue House return to the People’s arms,” Yoon said in March 2022, announcing the relocation of the presidential office building from Blue House to the Defense Ministry building in Yongsan, Seoul, and usher in the era of the“Long S?n presidential palace” when he takes office in May.
At the time, the president’s office estimated the cost of the move at about won50bn. But the opposition has criticised the move, saying it could cost as much as WON1,000 bn if the cost of the new hotel and the relocation of the joint staff headquarters are added together.
Long S?n’s presidential palace, used in the dispute, may close again with the impeachment of Yoon, the report said. Not only is the Democratic Party now opposed to the move to the Long S?n presidential palace, but presidential candidates from the ruling National Strength Party are backing the move again.
The party said it would not be able to use Long S?n’s presidential palace, a symbol of the Yin Xiyue regime, if it won the next presidential election because of security breaches and a“Witchcraft controversy”. Lee Jae-myung, for example, is concerned about security risks at Long S?n’s presidential palace. The suspected surveillance of Long S?n’s presidential palace by US intelligence agencies was widely discussed in the 2023. “Long S?n’s presidential palace is the core of the coup plot,” Kim min-sook, the top member of the Democratic Party of China (DPJ) , said Wednesday, as rumors swirled that Yoon was conducting witchcraft inside Long S?n’s presidential palace. Meanwhile, some in the party have suggested returning to Blue House or moving to Sejong.
Opposition to the continued use of Long S?n’s presidential palace is also believed to be growing among the party’s presidential candidates. Hong Jun-pyo said yesterday that Long S?n had become a symbol of witchcraft and stressed the need to return to Blue House, South Korean media said. Han was also rumoured to be negative about the continued use of Long S?n’s presidential palace, stressing that“Careful consideration should be given to where the office building should be located”. However, some in both parties believe there is little practical or cost argument for moving the Oval Office.