National Land Planning and Utilization Act. | Land Portal

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This Act provides for the formulation and implementation of plans to utilize, develop and preserve the national land.The State or local government shall take measures to efficiently utilize and manage national land which shall be divided into urban areas, control areas, agricultural and forest areas, and natural environment conservation areas. The Act shall provide for the following: formulation of basic urban planning and urban management planning; designation of specific-use areas, districts and development-restriction zones, fishery resources protection zones, etc.; installation and management of urban planning facilities; permission for development acts; restrictions on erection of buildings in specific use areas, districts and zones; costs for the formulation of metropolitan and urban planning; etc. The Act also provides for the establishment of a Central Urban Planning Committee and for the establishment of local urban planning committees. The text further contains supplementary and penal provisions.

Implemented by: Enforcement Decree of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act. (2016-07-06)
Implemented by: Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Utilization of Agricultural Production Infrastructure and Adjacent Areas. (2016-11-01)

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An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. In 1910, Tokyo formally annexed the entire Peninsula. Korea regained its independence following Japan's surrender to the US in 1945. After World War II, a democratic-based government (Republic of Korea, ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a communist-style government was installed in the north (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK).

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