Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Hangul	국토교통부
Hanja	國土交通部
Revised Romanization	Gukto Gyotongbu
McCune–Reischauer	Kukt'o Kyot'ongpu

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
국토교통부; 國土交通部; Guktogyotong-bu
	; MOLIT headquarters in Sejong
Agency overview
Formed	November 4, 1948 (as Ministry of Transportation); March 23, 2013
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Transportation (1948–1994); Ministry of Development (1955–1961); Ministry of Construction (1961–1994); Ministry of Construction and Transportation (1994–2008); Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (2008–2013);
Jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
Headquarters	11, Doum6-ro, Sejong, South Korea
Minister responsible	Park Sang-woo;
Deputy Ministers responsible	Kim Oh-jin; Baek Won-kug;
Child agencies	National Agency for Administrative City Construction; Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency;
Website	www.molit.go.kr

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT; Korean: 국토교통부; Hanja: 國土交通部; RR: Gukto Gyotongbu; MR: Kukt'o Kyot'ongpu) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the Sejong Government Office in Sejong City. Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th building of the Gwacheon Government Complex, in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do.

The main tasks are establishing and coordinating national territory policy and basic laws related to national territory, preserving and developing national territory and water resources, construction of urban, road and housing, construction of coastal, river and land reclamation.

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