Hangsang The New Capital of Korea
Yeongjongdo the Hamptons of Seoul
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Time for a New Korean Capitol
it seems to me that the North Korean regime could fall apart any day now. It is perhaps in the end of its life like in Syria the end could happen within weeks. The South Korean government should be better prepared for reunification. Here is my modest proposal for a reunified Korean State.
Once it is obvious that reunification will become a reality the South Korean government should propose setting up a new capitol called New Hangsang, an updated name of the South Korean capitol. The new capital city should be built between Kaesong and Musan and centered on Panmumjom the border peace village. , the Korean government must move the capital city 100 percent to Hangsang.
Along with that, all the diplomatic and international missions, schools, and hospitals should also be relocated into a new diplomatic quarter to be built next to the foreign ministry, the Presidential office, and the National Assembly perhaps to the northern side of the city. There should be a firm and irreversible deadline of five years to transition to the new capital.
The capitol should have a new name, perhaps Hangsang the old name of Seoul. The government should also announce that the new city will be a supersmart city along the lines of the Neomi City being built in Saudi Arabia. Every building should have solar panels, wind turbines, and water harvesting systems. A tidal power station should be built near Gangwha harbor to provide convenient inexpensive extra electricity. The new capitol will be linked via high speed trains, and freeways to Seoul which will remain the commercial and cultural capitol of Korea and Pyeongyang which will be commercial capitol for the Northern regions of Korea and high speed train and highways to Incheon and Pyeongyang airports. The high speed GTX trains will feed into the existing metro lines of Seoul, Incheon and Pyeongyang. In addition, Ganghwa Island and Yeongcheon islands could be developed into something equivalent to the Hamptons of NYC – a weekend get away retreat for the elite of the country.
The new nation would be organized along a federal system with provincial governments having considerable autonomy with provincial status given to the major cities including the new capitol city. There would have to be a transitional period announced but within two years the newly unified Korean Federation should be launched. US troops could and should continued to be based in Camp Humphrey but the total number of troops should be reduced in half perhaps.
The diplomatic quarter should be built in consultation with foreign missions. Each compound should have its main buildings, housing, commissary, recreational facilities, and a cultural center complete with a restaurant highlighting the cuisine of the country. The cultural centers would be open to the public with frequent concerts, art exhibits, lectures, and meetings and also contain a library and a language school open to the public. The diplomatic quarter should be located in Kaesong. Foreign missions could have consulate and cultural centers in Pyeongyang, Seoul, Daegu and Busan.
The Korean University of Foreign Studies, (Waedae) should move to the diplomatic compound with diplomatic spouses being offered to adjust professorships where appropriate. The university should also offer diplomatic training to Korean government diplomats and intelligence community personnel as well as to diplomatic personnel where appropriate. And diplomatic family members should be given scholarships to attend the University. The Seoul Foreign School, and international school should also relocate to the diplomatic quarter. Seoul National University international hospital and Yonsei international hospital should either move or open branch hospitals in the quarter.
For diplomats, this will be a dream assignment – with no commute at all, housing on-site, commissary and restaurant on site, as well as everything being extremely walkable or a short subway ride away and Seoul would be less than an hour away by high-speed train as well as the US military camp at Camp Humphreys, and good paying positions for diplomatic spouses at the university and foreign schools.
The Korean government should set up a high-level planning committee chaired by the Prime Minister, to oversee the development of the new city. They should send a team to those countries that have dual capitals such as Australia, Cameroon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United States. They should also visit the top smart cities in the world Neomi, Singapore, and Songdo. The committee would then take the lessons learned on their study mission to guide the development of the new capitol city.
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