Issue The plan proposes a '5 poles and 3 special regions' multi-core national structure backed by decentralisation

Summary

The plan calls for shifting balanced development from a strategy of consideration for non-capital regions to one in which regions become the agents of national growth. It proposes reorganising the national territory into what it calls five poles and three special regions, a multi-core structure built around super-regional areas and special self-governing provinces with globally competitive industries and infrastructure. Strengthened decentralisation is to run alongside as the foundational strategy. The headline targets are to restore potential growth to 3 percent through five growth engines and to lift the non-capital share of GRDP back to 50 percent. Related national tasks include balanced growth for the five poles and smaller cities, completing Sejong as the administrative capital and a second round of public institution relocation, all of which are government goals.