President Yoon Begins First Day on the Job with a Military Briefing

The new ROK President has been inaugurated and as promised has begun his term by moving the presidential office to Yongsan:

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s office at former headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul’s Yongsan District, Monday. Yonhap

President Yoon Suk-yeol will start his first day at the top job of the government very differently from that of his predecessors: his office is no longer in the secluded foothills of Mount Bugak. Instead, it’s at the center of Seoul’s crowded downtown Yongsan District near Samgakji subway station, an election promise emphasizing his willingness to make himself and his office open to the public.

With the start of his term at the former headquarters of the national defense ministry in the bustling district, Cheong Wa Dae, which has been the office and residence of the country’s presidents since 1948, becomes a public venue for tourists.

The Era of Yongsan begins at midnight on Monday with Yoon receiving a phone briefing from the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the commander-in-chief at an underground bunker beneath his office building. The briefing signals the transfer of the country’s military command from former president Moon Jae-in to Yoon. 

Korea Times

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Kevin Kim
Kevin Kim
2 years ago

I kind of hope that, one day, the government will get a clue and move itself down south, maybe to Busan or Gwangju.

Mcgeehee
2 years ago

Obviously, a neighbor of mine took that picture as I practically have the exact same view out my apt window. Of note, E-V-E-R-Y light in that building stayed on all night last night. Never seen that before. Lit up what’s left of southwest Yongsan garrison.

In addition, the two garrison helipads and the small control tower were dug up and taken down over the weekend, and replaced with turf grass.

Hell, if you didn’t have a picture from, say, two weeks ago, you’d never know they were there.

Nevermind, my picture is 3.6MB, too big for the drop.

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