Highway congestion builds on Chuseok as Koreans travel to hometowns
Heavy traffic clogged expressways across South Korea on Friday, the second day of the Chuseok holiday, as people headed to their hometowns for family reunions, with trips from Seoul to the southeastern city of Busan estimated to take eight hours and 40 minutes. As of 9 a.m., travel times from Seoul were estimated at six hours and 40 minutes to Mokpo, eight hours and 20 minutes to Ulsan, seven…
Friday marked the second day of Chuseok holiday in South Korea, with heavy traffic clogging expressways as people journeyed to their hometowns for family gatherings. The Korea Expressway Corp reported that travel times from Seoul to Busan were estimated at eight hours and 40 minutes, while trips to Ulsan, Daegu, and Gwangju took seven hours and 40 minutes, seven hours and 20 minutes, and six hours and 10 minutes respectively.
Travel times to Seoul were projected to be seven hours and 50 minutes, seven hours, seven hours and 30 minutes, and six hours and 50 minutes from Busan, Mokpo, Ulsan, and Gwangju respectively.
The Chuseok holiday, the Korean Thanksgiving, is observed from Thursday to Sunday and involves visits to ancestral homes, family reunions, ancestral rites, and traditional holiday meals. The state-run company predicted that congestion would peak between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., easing after 7 p.m. It is estimated that 6.84 million vehicles would traverse roads nationwide on the holiday.
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