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Corridors too narrow? They can now be changed"... Conversion of service apartments into offices opens policy path

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  1. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the National Fire Agency jointly announced on July 1 a draft of the 'Fire Safety Recognition Criteria' for converting living accommodation facilities into offices.
  2. Instead of relaxing the corridor width standard of 1.5m or more, the process will involve three stages: preliminary review, fire safety assessment, and deliberation by the Local Architecture Committee.
  3. The two agencies will accept opinions until July 10, and plan to distribute fire safety guidelines and hold briefing sessions in July.

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Corridors too narrow? They can now be changed"... Conversion of service apartments into offices opens policy path

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): “복도폭도 좁다고? 이제는 바꿀 수 있다”… 생숙 오피스텔 전환, 제도적 물꼬 텄다

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