[3] Interest in such trails began around 2007, during the Lee Myung-bak administration.
In June 2016, the Park Geun-hye administration decided to add more trails that would circle the entirety of the country.
After the Moon Jae-in administration took over in 2017, the project was scrutinized and reportedly almost scrapped.
It continued, which eventually resulted in the opening of Namparang on October 31, 2020.
[3] The trail is reportedly managed and funded mostly by the federal government.