Lee defends steps against property speculation in farmland ownership

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday defended his push to tighten farmland ownership regulations aimed at curbing rural land speculation. Lee instructed the Cabinet a day earlier to conduct a comprehensive inspection of agricultural land to verify whether owners are directly farming their property and to issue disposal orders if they are not. "The land subject to a farmland disposal order does not refer to inherited farmland or land that has been left fallow due to unavoidable circumstances, suc

By The Korea Herald