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Mitigating Military To guarantee the residents’ property rights, ease
Installations Protection their inconvenience in the surrounding areas of
Zone Regulations the military installations, and provide a stable
environment for military presence, the MND has
been implementing a policy to lift the designation of military installations protection
zones or taking mitigation measures such as changing the designation from a
controlled protection zone to a limited protection zone. In line with this policy, with
the exception of areas surrounding military installations that must be protected
for uninterrupted military operations, military installations protection zones are
currently being lifted or mitigated by the MND. In 2018, a total of 351.6㎢ of military
installations protection zones were lifted or mitigated, which is 121 times the area of
Yeouido, and a total of 77.5㎢ were lifted or mitigated in 2019 which is 27 times the
area of Yeouido.

[Chart 5-8] Status of Military Installations Protection Zones
Unit: ㎢
338.4 Lifted
Mitigated

77
50 46.5
28 27 20 25 37
5.7 1.6 6.3 0.8 4.5 0.2 0 13.2 0.5
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Furthermore, military consultations on land development are being consigned by
the MND to local governments for areas where it is difficult to lift the designation of
military installations. Through continuous expansion of the scope of consultations
and consignments, the MND intends to shorten the period of consultations and
promote the administrative convenience of the people.

[Chart 5-9] Status of Consignment Areas
Unit: ㎢
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Area 55 40 93 47 344 57 8 25 37 64

The MND has also endeavored to revise related laws and regulations, aiming
to alleviate the inconvenience of residents living near military installations and
to guarantee their property rights. The Enforcement Decree of the Protection of

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