Agency Name: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
Nativename A: | 국토교통부 國土交通部 |
Nativename R: | Guktogyotong-bu |
Formed: | November 4, 1948 March 23, 2013 |
Preceding1: | Ministry of Transportation |
Preceding2: | Ministry of Development |
Preceding3: | Ministry of Construction |
Preceding4: | Ministry of Construction and Transportation |
Preceding5: | Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs |
Jurisdiction: | Government of South Korea |
Headquarters: | 11, Doum6-ro, Sejong, South Korea |
Minister1 Name: | Park Sang-woo |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Jin Hyun-hwan - 1st Vice Minister of City and Housing |
Deputyminister2 Name: | Baek Won-kug - 2nd Vice Minister of Transportation and Aviation |
Child1 Agency: | National Agency for Administrative City Construction |
Child2 Agency: | Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency |
Rr: | Gukto Gyotongbu |
Mr: | Kukt'o Kyot'ongpu |
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT;) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the Sejong Government Office in Sejong City.[1] Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th building of the,[2] in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do.[3]
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.[4]
The ministry was originally the Ministry of Construction and Transportation.[5] The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries was merged into the construction and transportation agency.[6]