Sejong

English + City Sejong City Etymology en ko ^세종(世宗). en Korean king Sejong the Great =. Pronunciation en Proper noun en special self-governing city and de facto administrative capital c/South Korea. en 09/30/2012 Residents settle in South Korea’s new ‘happy city’ w:France 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20121001080157/https://www.france24.com/en/20120930-seoul-south-korea-residents-settle-happy-city-sejong-new-capital-government https://www.france24.com/en/20120930-seoul-south-korea-residents-settle-happy-city-sejong-new-capital-government October 01, 2012 Asia/Pacific From its original “capital” title, Sejong has now been downgraded to “multifunctional administrative city”; and only 70% of government functions and ministries have been moved to the site, which is located 120 kilometres from Seoul. en 03/18/2022 Julian Ryall South Korea: Incoming President Yoon wants to relocate capital from Seoul w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20220318111644/https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-incoming-president-yoon-wants-to-relocate-capital-from-seoul/a-61170422 https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-incoming-president-yoon-wants-to-relocate-capital-from-seoul/a-61170422 March 18, 2022 Asia When Yoon takes office in May, his government is expected to follow through on plans to invest heavily in new cultural, educational and medical infrastructure in Sejong.Located 125 kilometers (80 miles) south of Seoul, construction on the site planned site for the new South Korean capital began in 2007. Sejong was granted legal status as a "special self-governing city" in 2012. Translations city Arabic: ar سيجونغ Sījūnḡ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 世宗 Czech: cs Sedžong Danish: da Sejong Dutch: nl Sejong Esperanto: eo Seĝon Finnish: fi Sejong French: fr Sejong Greek: el Σέτζονγκ Hungarian: hu Szedzsong Indonesian: id Sejong Italian: it Sejong Japanese: ja 世宗 セジョン, Sejon Kazakh: kk Седжоң Korean: ko ^세종(世宗) Malay: ms Sejong Mongolian: mn Сэжун Norwegian: no Sejong Persian: fa سجونگ Sejoong Polish: pl Sedżong Portuguese: pt Sejong Romanian: ro Sejong Russian: ru Седжон Spanish: es Sejong Swedish: sv Sejong Thai: th เซจง see-jong Ukrainian: uk Седжон Vietnamese: vi Sejong