Court under Yun strikes down capital relocation law
On 21 October 2004 the Constitutional Court presided over by Yun Young-chul ruled 8–1 that the special act to build a new administrative capital was unconstitutional, holding that moving the capital from Seoul required a constitutional amendment and referendum. It treated Seoul's status as capital as an unwritten customary constitutional rule, halting the relocation plan.
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On 21 October 2004 the Constitutional Court presided over by Yun Young-chul ruled 8–1 that the special act to build a new administrative capital was unconstitutional, holding that moving the capital from Seoul required a constitutional amendment and referendum. It treated Seoul's status as capital as an unwritten customary constitutional rule, halting the relocation plan.
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Yun Young-chul
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Court under Yun strikes down capital relocation law. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.korea.kr — sourcekorea.kr · verified
- 2.koreajoongangdaily.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: capital+unconstitutional · verified
- 3.en.wikisource.orgchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: capital+unconstitutional · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Court under Yun strikes down capital relocation law. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/korea-court-capital-relocation-unconstitutional-2004-10-21
https://factrail.ai/facts/korea-court-capital-relocation-unconstitutional-2004-10-21
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