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Chuseok holiday begins for five days from today (30th).

The congestion on the highway home road, which started again around 5 a.m., is expected to be resolved around 7 p.m.



The first news, reporter Yoo Deok-ki.



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congestion on the highway on the way home, which was cleared during the dawn, started again at around 5 am.



Vehicle flows are increasing around the areas that are often blocked even on weekends, such as near Osan on the Gyeongbu Expressway, near Bibong on the West Coast Line, and Yeoju Service Area on the Yeongdong Line.



The Korea Expressway Corporation predicted that between 11 am and 12 am today, both directions will be blocked the most.



If you depart from Seoul as of 7 in the morning, it is expected to take 7 hours and 10 minutes to Busan, 5 hours and 50 minutes to Gwangju, 5 hours and 10 minutes to Mokpo, and 4 hours and 10 minutes to Gangneung.



The Road Corporation predicted that the congestion would be resolved around 7 o'clock this evening.



The Korea Expressway Corporation estimates that an average of 4.59 million vehicles will use the national highway during this holiday.



That's 28% less than last year's Chuseok.



Highway tolls, which have been exempted from every holiday so far, are normally collected during this holiday season, and seats in all highway rest areas managed by the Korea Highway Corporation are prohibited until the 4th of the following month due to Corona 19.



Eating and drinking in the rest area is completely prohibited and only packaging is allowed.



The government requested that they refrain from visiting their hometown, and asked to keep wearing masks and minimize the time spent at rest areas, even if they did.