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The South Korean government has named veteran policy expert Hong Jee-sun to lead the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, focusing on housing and transport strategies.
The special police unit investigating the deadly 2024 Jeju Air plane crash conducted a search-and-seizure operation at the related government ministry to look into the causes of the accident, officials said Friday. The police said they sent officials to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to investigate officials who worked in the Air Navigation Satellite Policy Division and the Airport Operation Division at the time of the accident. The Jeju Air aircraft collided with a concrete
Japan's Meteorological Agency and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport have announced that new disaster prevention weather information, reorganized by disaster type and alert level, will begin to be issued from the afternoon of May 28.
South Korea's annual air traffic surpassed 1 million flights for the first time in 2025, according to government data. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported a total of 1,013,930 flights.
South Korea ranks high in public transportation usage among advanced economies but faces challenges in accessibility and convenience for foreign visitors, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
South Korea has long grappled with airport congestion caused by the large entourages and security details accompanying celebrities traveling overseas. The issue has persisted for years, with fans and security personnel frequently crowding airport passageways and delaying travelers trying to catch flights on schedule. That situation may soon change. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport commissioned a research project titled "A Study on Crowd Safety Management Meas