Traffic was backing up heavily on many expressways across the country Saturday and is expected to peak at around 4 p.m., as people travel back home on the third day of the extended six-day Chuseok holiday.
This year's Chuseok, the Korean fall harvest celebration, fell on Friday, and the holiday runs from Thursday through Tuesday when the country marks National Foundation Day.
This photo, taken aboard a police helicopter, shows an aerial view of a road junction clogged with heavy traffic in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on Sept. 28, 2023. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
This photo, taken aboard a police helicopter, shows an aerial view of a road junction clogged with heavy traffic in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on Sept. 28, 2023. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
According to Korea Expressway Corp., major highways, particularly Seoul-bound ones, were jammed with vehicles.
As of 9 a.m., the estimated travel time to Seoul was 6 hours and 10 minutes from the southern port city of Busan, about 4 hours and 50 minutes from the southeastern city of Daegu, and 2 hours and 4 minutes from the central city of Daejeon.
The road congestion likely to peak at around 4 p.m. and to ease at around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Some 5.42 million vehicles were expected to hit the road on their way back home on Sunday alone, the agency said.
Source: Yonhap News Agency