The Seoul Metropolitan Government is pushing for the digitization of land records from the Japanese colonial period this year, marking the 80th anniversary of liberation.
Seoul City announced on the 14th that it will begin the 'Permanent land records DB integration project' to restore and digitize land records created from the Japanese colonial period to 1975.
The goal of this project is to digitize land resolution documents currently stored in paper or microfilm form at the Seoul Records Center, establishing a long-term and secure preservation system. It also aims to enhance accessibility by allowing online searching and viewing of such materials.
Starting this year, Seoul City plans to digitize 440,000 land records, aiming to complete a total of 1 million records by next year. By 2030, the plan is to finish 2 million records.
Once the land records are restored and digitized, it will become possible to integrate and manage records that are currently dispersed among different institutions. Furthermore, past history necessary for long-standing unresolved civil complaints or land-related lawsuits can be quickly verified.
Seoul City stated that this would lead to improvements in the accuracy and speed of administrative processing, as well as an enhancement in the responsiveness to civil complaints and strengthening of the digital administrative infrastructure, thus improving public service quality.
Cho Nam-jun, head of the Urban Space Headquarters at Seoul City, noted, 'We will continue to pursue digital record administration to enhance transparency and trust in governance and to strengthen citizen convenience.'