Incoming South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has hit a major roadblock in his plans to relocate the presidential office after the current Moon Jae-in administration denied funding for the move on Monday, citing escalating tensions with North Korea.

Yoon claims that the current residence, ensconced next to a mountain behind Seoul’s Gyeongbok Palace, is a legacy of the country’s “imperial” leadership and undermines communication with the people.

But the Moon administration believes that moving the presidential office to Yoon’s preferred site at the defense ministry building in central Seoul is difficult to do in such a short time,