SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual exodus for Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, began Friday as South Koreans head to their hometowns for family reunions and take trips during the extended holiday. This year’s three-day Chuseok holiday runs from Monday to Wednesday and it is extended by an extra two days due [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight out of 10 South Koreans have no plans to visit their hometowns or travel during the upcoming Chuseok holiday amid the widespread COVID-19 fears, a poll showed Friday. In the survey of 1,001 adults nationwide conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday to Thursday, 77 percent said they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — National cemeteries will be closed during the upcoming Chuseok holiday to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the veterans affairs ministry said Wednesday. From Sept. 18-22, visits to 11 national cemeteries across the country will be restricted, according to the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs. Chuseok is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said Thursday the government plans to provide another round of emergency relief funds to people hit hard by the pandemic before next month’s fall harvest Chuseok holiday. The country plans to provide 11 trillion won (US$9.4 billion) to people in the bottom 88 percent income [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store operators are competing over rather unusual luxury gifts with the Chuseok holiday just around the corner. Stores expect that consumers will replace gifts with luxury goods as many are bound to spend the Korean Thanksgiving holidays indoors and engage in so-called ‘revenge spending.’ GS25 released a 2.03-carat [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Traffic volume on the country’s expressways during the recent extended Chuseok holiday dropped 10 percent from a year ago amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Monday. Traffic counts along the national expressways came to a daily average of 4.54 million vehicles during the five days from last Tuesday to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1 million people are expected to travel by air during the Chuseok fall harvest holiday despite the government’s advisory asking people to remain at home to help contain the spread of COVID-19, transportation authorities said Monday. The Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) estimated that some 963,000 people will use [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The operation time of public transport in the capital will be extended to 2 a.m. later this week, the Seoul city government said Monday, a measure to enhance the safety of its citizens returning from their hometowns in other parts of the country during the upcoming Chuseok holiday. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Traffic accidents and casualties are the highest on the eve of the Chuseok holiday when South Koreans visit their hometowns and travel long distances, data showed Sunday. From 2015 to 2019, a total average of 825 car accidents took place on the day before the Chuseok holiday, responsible for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Three in four Seoul citizens don’t have any plans to visit their hometowns or travel long distances during the Chuseok holiday due mainly to fears of coronavirus transmission, a poll showed Saturday. In the survey of 849 citizens aged 18 or older, 56.8 percent said they have no plans [...]