Thousands of members of the Korean Financial Industry Union hold a strike rally to oppose the government's plans to relocate financial institutions to the administrative city of Sejong, and demand improvements in working conditions, in Seoul on September 4, 2026. South Korea announced plans on September 3, to put a second presidential office and legislative complex in the administrative city of Sejong, as it accelerates efforts to move hundreds of institutions out of Seoul in a bid to lessen the capital's dominance. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Images)