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Gongju additionally spelt Kongju, is a town in South Chungcheong province, South Korea. Gongju changed into previously named Ungjin and was the capital of Baekje from AD 475 to 538. In this period, Baekje become beneath hazard from Goguryeo. Goguryeo had overrun the preceding capital of Hanseong which pressured Baekje to find a new center of strength. In 538, King Seong moved the capital to Sabi in cutting edge day Buyeo County. However, Gongju remained an important center until the kingdom's fall in 660.

On August eleven, 2004, the South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan introduced that the usa's capital will be moved from Seoul to Gongju about 120 km or seventy five mi south of Seoul and Yeongi starting up in 2007. A 72.91 square kilometers website was chosen for the project, which turned into scheduled to be finished with the aid of 2030. It was envisaged that government and administrative features will circulate to the brand new capital, at the side of the National Assembly and perfect court; although no huge relocation was predicted till the primary segment of the undertaking has been finished by 2012.

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