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)

Members of the Korean Financial Industry Union hold signs during 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)

Thousands of members of the Korean Financial Industry Union gather during 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)

Thousands of members of the Korean Financial Industry Union shelter under umbrellas during 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)

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)

Members of the Korean Financial Industry Union hold signs during 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)

Members of the Korean Financial Industry Union raise fists during 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)

Members of the Korean Financial Industry Union raise fists during 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)