Chuseok outing at royal palace Citizens, some of them in traditional “hanbok” attire, visit Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul on the traditional Chuseok autumn harvest holiday on Oct. 1, 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chuseok ceremony amid COVID-19 Members of the Byun family perform a traditional ceremony in honor of their ancestors at an old traditional mansion in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, on the Chuseok autumn harvest holiday on Oct. 1, 2020, wearing protective masks and standing apart from one another amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Yonhap)
Traffic ahead of Chuseok holiday This aerial photo, taken from a Seoul Police Agency helicopter on Sept. 29, 2020, shows southbound lanes of the Seoul-Busan highway in Yongin, south of Seoul, backed up with cars as the annual rush of travelers heading to their hometowns and resort areas began ahead of Chuseok, the Korean harvest holiday that falls on Oct. 1 this year and is part of a five-day break. The government has discouraged people from visiting their hometowns for the holiday amid concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus. Transportation authorities said the number of travelers to their hometowns is projected to fall about 30 percent from a year ago to 27.59 million during the holiday period. (Yonhap)
Empty downtown Seoul on Chuseok There are few cars on the road near Gwanghwamun in downtown Seoul on the first day of the five-day Chuseok holiday, the autumn harvest celebration, on Sept. 30, 2020. (Yonhap)
Crowded train ahead of holiday This photo, taken at Seoul Station on Sept. 27, 2020, shows a KTX train crowded with passengers ahead of the Chuseok holiday. (Yonhap)
Patrol vessel that deceased S. Korean official had boarded This photo shows the Mugunghwa No. 10, a South Korean fishery patrol vessel, anchored at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea, on Sept. 27, 2020. The boat was boarded by a South Korean official who was shot to death by North Korean soldiers last week. (Yonhap)
Chinese fishing boats near sea border Chinese fishing boats operate in North Korean waters near the de facto inter-Korean sea border in the Yellow Sea on Sept. 26, 2020. A South Korean official floating in the North’s waters was killed by North Korean soldiers on Sept. 22. (Yonhap)
Foreign students play Korean game Foreign students wearing the traditional Korean costume, or “hanbok,” play a jumbo version of “yutnori,” a Korean game traditionally played with sticks, at a university in Daegu on Sept. 25, 2020, as part of events to experience the Korean culture. The events were held ahead of the Chuseok holiday on Oct. 1, one of the country’s biggest traditional holidays. (Yonhap)
Searching for remains of official shot by N.K.South Korean coast guard conducts an operation in waters off Yeonpyoeng Island bordering North Korea in the West Sea on Sept. 25, 2020, to find the remains and belongings of a South Korean official who was shot to death and burned by North Korean soldiers in the North’s waters on Sept. 22, in this photo provided by the coast guard. (Yonhap)
