out of artillery range from North Korea?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3554296.stmSouth Korea has chosen a site in central South Chungchong province to house its new capital city.
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The move is designed to reduce Seoul's overcrowding and economic dominance over the rest of South Korea.
Government and administrative functions will be moved to the new city, and possibly parliament and the supreme court, although any sizable relocation is not expected to happen until 2012.
The location of the new capital was chosen ahead of three other candidates, Eumseong/Jincheon in North Chungchong province, and Chonan and Kongju/Nonsan, both in South Chungchong province.