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The planning process for the construction and reconstruction of Gwanghwamun Square stands as an exemplary showcase of Seoul’s municipal government’s embrace and application of collaborative planning principles towards regional development. The City of Seoul had pledged a steadfast commitment to integrating the perspectives of both the citizenry and expert opinion throughout the Gwanghwamun Square construction and reconstruction endeavors. However, the approaches pursued for these two projects proved to be disparate in nature. Consequently, this study endeavors to assess the efficacy of the collaborative planning approach in the construction and reconstruction of Gwanghwamun Square and, if found wanting, to anatomize the reasons underlying its deficiencies. To this end, the fundamental constituents of collaborative planning were identified, juxtaposed, and evaluated, while the factors obstructing its effectiveness were scrupulously examined. The findings of this inquiry divulge that the collaborative planning approach was suboptimally executed in the Gwanghwamun Square construction and reconstruction blueprint. The rationales for its deficiencies can be attributed to the idiosyncratic features of Gwanghwamun Square, the intricacies of the South Korean political milieu, institutional aspects of planning administration, and the inherent limitations of collaborative governance.