Prime Minister Han Seong-sook visited the redevelopment site of Jangwi 14 District in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, and pledged expanded financial and policy support to accelerate housing projects. The government has promised to supply more than 230,000 additional homes in the Seoul metropolitan area. Han said speeding up new-home supply was important and criticized the project’s 18-year delay as excessive. She instructed the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to coordinate closely with Seoul City, said the government would review transferring authority to designate reconstruction and redevelopment zones with fewer than 500 households to district chiefs, and pledged to identify and remove obstacles to project progress.