The government has put off announcing around half of the new sites for its public housing development plan due to the land speculation scandal involving employees of the state-run Korea Land and Housing Corporation(LH). 

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport unveiled on Thursday sites that will accommodate 18-thousand houses in Ulsan and Daejeon, saying it will postpone announcements of sites for another 131-thousand units until police complete their investigation. 

The units are a little over half of the 250-thousand that the government vowed to supply by creating new housing projects when it unveiled its public housing development plan earlier on February 4. 

Of the 250-thousand units, the government plans to supply 180-thousand in the Seoul metro area and 70-thousand in other regions. 

The Transport Ministry announced on February 24 its first designation of sites where 101-thousand homes will be built in line with the February 4 development plan, including 70-thousand in Gwangmyeong and Siheung in Gyeonggi Province.

Following the designation of these two cities, the government has postponed announcements regarding housing sites for 110-thousand units earmarked for the Seoul metro area.