South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service union is pressing the government to drop plans to move the agency out of the Seoul metropolitan area, arguing the shift would separate the watchdog from the center of the country's financial activity and harm consumers. About 75,000 outside visitors travel to the FSS's Yeouido headquarters each year, including roughly 9,000 complainants and 66,000 financial-company and corporate officials. The union and financial industry say 81.4% of financial complaints, 91.6% of financial company headquarters, 88.3% of on-site inspection targets and 72.7% of listed company headquarters are concentrated in the capital region. They warn that relocation would slow complaint handling, make routine meetings and inspections less efficient, raise KTX, lodging and meal costs, and hinder rapid responses during market stress. The FSS expects about 28,000 personnel to conduct 707 inspections this year, while roughly 750 of its 2,450 employees are accountants, lawyers and other professionals who could be lost to private firms or law practices. FSS Governor Lee Chan-jin has reaffirmed that he opposes the move, saying supervisors should not leave the field. The dispute is part of Yoon Suk Yeol's second-round public institution relocation drive, which has also faced opposition from unions at the Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea and Export-Import Bank of Korea, while analysts have questioned whether earlier relocations produced meaningful regional or productivity gains.