This article discusses a plan for consolidating local administrative systems in preparation for the reunification of North and South Korea. Despite high levels of outward similarity between the local administrative systems in the North and the South, there is considerable difference in the management of these systems. Based on a scenario of rapid reunification, this article offers a comparative analysis between North and South Korean local administration as well as guidelines for the consolidation of North and South Korean local administration levels, districts, institutions, central-local government relationships, party-administration relationships, metropolitan-local government relationships, and the relationships between residents and local government. In particular, this article suggests the following guidelines for consolidation: maintenance of the current three-tier system with a gradual reduction, metropolitan consolidation for increased efficiency, parallel structures for institutional arrangements, appropriate decentralization for central-local relationships, democratization of North Korean parties and introduction of a multiparty system, equalized metropolitan-local government relationships with appropriate functional allocations, invigoration of resident participation and increased introduction of participation mechanisms in North Korea, expansion of neighborhood councils as the basic participation mechanism in local communities. The paper concludes with the following strategic recommendations: creation of a local administrative system reunification commission, further education and training of local public personnel, and the establishment of a local administrative system consolidation support fund.