SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- Major roads and expressways were congested across South Korea on Wednesday as people returned home on the sixth day of the extended Chuseok holiday.
With Chuseok, the Korean fall harvest festival, falling on Monday, South Koreans have been enjoying an extended holiday from Friday to Thursday, as Chuseok falls between National Foundation Day and Hangeul Day, which marks the creation of the Korean alphabet.
The Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) said it would take around 5 hours and 50 minutes from the southeastern city of Busan to Seoul as of 4 p.m., 4 hours and 50 minutes from the southeastern city of Daegu, and 3 hours and 20 minutes from the central city of Daejeon.
The KEC reported that inbound traffic heading to Seoul to peak around 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., and is expected to begin easing after midnight.
A total of 5.46 million vehicles were forecast to be on the road nationwide Wednesday, including 320,000 departing from the Seoul metropolitan area for other provinces and 330,000 heading toward Seoul from other regions.