The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) is a cabinet-level division of the
government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the in
Sejong City
Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...
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The ministry was originally the Ministry of Construction and Transportation. The
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries was merged into the construction and transportation agency.
Work
The main tasks are establishing and coordinating national territory policy and basic laws related to national territory, preserving and developing national territory and water resources, construction of urban, road and housing, construction of coastal, river, and land reclamation, and land reclamation.
Offices
Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th building of the , in
Gwacheon,
Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
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Minister
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Archive
Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. Retrieved on May 11, 2011. "Company Address : 1 Jungang-dong, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (427-760)"
Agencies
* Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board
* Korea Office of Civil Aviation
The Korea Office of Civil Aviation (KOCA) ( ko, 대한민국 국토교통부 항공정책실) is the South Korean civil aviation authority. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). The head office is in the ...
* Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal
References
External links
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Links to pages of predecessor agencies
Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs
(Archive) (2008-2013)
Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs
(Archive) (2008-2013)
(Archive) (2003-2008)
(Archive) (2000-2004)
(Archive) (1997-1998)
Ministry of Construction and Transportation
(Archive)
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