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 [...]
OKCHEON, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors living in remote regions are expecting to spend a lonely Chuseok holiday this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. In response, the Welfare Center for the Disabled and Seniors in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, selected five senior households to help send video messages to their loved ones. [...]
JEJU, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju on Wednesday asked anybody with symptoms of a fever to think twice about visiting the southern resort island during the upcoming Chuseok holiday. Announcing a special administrative measure against COVID-19, the Jeju government said it will introduce mandatory coronavirus testing for any visitor with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The pet market is scrambling to prepare for the upcoming Chuseok holiday as more consumers are adopting pets. SSG.com, Shinsegae Group’s integrated online shopping platform, reported that compared to last year, sales of pet supplies jumped by 43 percent two weeks prior to Chuseok (Sept. 11-17). Sales of travel [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national cemeteries will be closed during the upcoming Chuseok holiday to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the veterans affairs ministry said Monday. From Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, visits to 11 national cemeteries across the country will be restricted, according to the Ministry of Patriots [...]