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It has generally been considered that the level of regional interaction can be measured by the number of commuters who regularly travel between home and work place. The origin-destination matrix has a very useful information about the regional interaction in terms of the supply and demand for labor.The purpose of this paper is to develope the interesting idea that the logic used in the input-output analysis can be applied to the origin-destination matrix to examine the regional spatial interactions in a relatively large region. Where workers live and work can be categorized in the origin-destination matrix that can then be linked to an input output matrix that contains the information on inter-regional flows. This method is used to identify the linkages or interrelation between the regions, in terms of regional labour market area, and thus can be useful in developing better labour market forecasts.The empirical analysis has been applied to the Seoul Metropolitan area to show the changes of the regional interaction over the last ten years. The use of three time periods (1995, 2000, and 2005) makes us possible to analyse the change of commuting areas and to visualize them.