Assembly Premises
The Main Building
The National Assembly Complex in Yeouido spans 330,579 m². The Main Building is a seven-story stone structure with one below-ground floor (total floor area: 81,443m²). Originally situated on Taepyeong-ro (now the site of the Seoul Metropolitan Council building), the National Assembly was relocated to its current premises on September 22, 1975, following completion of its construction on August 15 of that year, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of independence.
The building’s 24 pillars symbolize the traditional divisions of the year on the lunar calendar, as well as the legislature’s pledge to listen to the people ‘around the clock’ throughout the year. The dome symbolizes the essence of parliamentary democracy, through which diverse public opinions culminate in a unified decision through open dialogue.
The Plenary Chamber, committee meeting rooms, and Secretariat’s offices are all located within the Main Building.
Members’ Office Building
The Members’ Office Building houses the private offices of every Member, to support their legislative activities and promote their communication with constituents. Completed in 1989, it was expanded and remodeled in 2013 to become a 10-story building with five below-ground floors (total floor area: 163,055m²). It is equipped with various-sized conference rooms, and its lobby is often transformed into a venue for seminars, exhibits, and cultural events.
National Assembly Library
Established in 1987, the National Assembly Library is a five-story building with one below-ground floor (total floor area: 28,118m²) and a collection of more than 7.7 million volumes, including domestic and international periodicals, academic theses, newspapers, and multimedia resources. It contains a National Strategy Information Center, Big Data Research Center, Legal Information Center, Social Sciences Room, Humanities and Natural Science Room, Digital Information Center, Dokdo and Unification Resources Room, National Assembly Members’ Reading Room, and a Periodicals Room. The National Assembly Research Service (NARS) is also located within the National Assembly Library building
National Assembly Uijeonggwan (Annex 1)
Completed in 2007, Uijeonggwan is a six-story building with four below-ground levels (total floor area: 45,935m²).
The building houses the National Assembly Budget Office (NABO), several Secretariat offices, National Assembly TV (NATV), the Parliamentary Training Office, the National Library’s Digital Information Center, the Dokdo and Unification Resources Room, and a storage room. The building is a multi-use complex that is used to provide legislative support and training programs.
The Communication Building (Annex II)
The Communication Building was constructed to secure space needed for improving the efficiency of the legislature’s work with the central government, following the relocation of government ministries to Sejong City, and to serve as a venue for press conferences. Completed in December 2019, it is a four-story building with one below-ground floor (total floor area: 24,732m²).
It comprises offices for the government’s public officials and members of the media, press conference halls, and a variety of convenience facilities.
National Assembly Museum
The National Assembly Museum (formerly the Memorial Hall) is a national museum that stores and exhibits a wide range of materials relating to the activities of the National Assembly up to the present day. It was erected as the Memorial Hall on May 29, 1998. Then, beginning in 2020, it underwent a 20-month-long renovation process and reopened on its original site on April 11, 2022, as the National Assembly Museum.
A three-story building with one below-ground floor (total floor area: 8,464m²), it consists of four permanent exhibition halls, a special exhibition hall, the National Assembly Experience Hall, and a Children’s Museum.
National Assembly Hanok (Sarangjae)
The National Assembly hanok ‘Sarangjae,’which is situated up on Members’ Hill, was designed to promote the excellence of hanok, the traditional-style Korean house, and to serve as a venue for receptions and banquets for VIPs visiting the National Assembly.
