Seoul: 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.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC) reported significant travel times, estimating approximately 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 anticipated that inbound traffic heading to Seoul would peak around 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., with congestion expected to ease after midnight.

A total of 5.46 million vehicles were projected to be on the road nationwide Wednesday, with 320,000 departing from the Seoul metropolitan area for other provinces and 330,000 heading toward Seoul from other regions.