Capital Region Transportation Organization Name Changed to Capital Region Transportation Headquarters

The Capital Region Transportation Organization, jointly established and operated by three metropolitan autonomous entities in the capital region—Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, and Incheon—in February 2005 to solve transportation issues in the capital region, will have its name changed to the Capital Region Transportation Headquarters.

On the 27th, Gyeonggi Province announced that the name "organization" had been perceived as a labor union of a company or a general occupational association, causing difficulties in administrative procedures such as coordination and implementation of tasks with various administrative agencies and organizations. The name has been changed to "headquarters" to enable easier recognition of the capital region as a metropolitan transportation administrative body.

Previously, the three metropolitan autonomous entities underwent a vote by their respective municipal assemblies and received approval from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for the name change.

Along with the name change, the Capital Region Transportation Headquarters plans to recruit transportation specialists in-house to efficiently handle various transportation affairs.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety is pursuing amendments to the Local Autonomy Act that would elevate the "headquarters" to a special local autonomous entity, enabling the Capital Region Transportation Headquarters to independently pursue metropolitan transportation affairs by securing substantial authority, personnel, and budget.