Seoul:Heavy traffic was reported on expressways across South Korea on Friday, the second day of the Chuseok holiday, as people traveled to their hometowns for family reunions. The journey from Seoul to the southeastern city of Busan was estimated to take eight hours and 40 minutes.

According to Yonhap News Agency, travel times from Seoul were estimated at six hours and 40 minutes to Mokpo, eight hours and 20 minutes to Ulsan, seven hours and 40 minutes to Daegu, and six hours and 10 minutes to Gwangju, as reported by the Korea Expressway Corp.

Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, is a holiday that runs from Thursday to Sunday and is marked by visits to hometowns, family reunions, ancestral rites, and traditional holiday foods.

Travel times to Seoul were projected at seven hours and 50 minutes from Busan, seven hours from Mokpo, seven hours and 30 minutes from Ulsan, and six hours and 50 minutes from Gwangju.

The Korea Expressway Corp. indicated that congestion was expected to peak between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. and ease between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. An estimated 6.84 million vehicles were anticipated on roads nationwide on Friday, including about 470,000 leaving the greater Seoul area and 460,000 heading toward the capital from other regions.